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1993 March on Washington For Lesbian, Gay, and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation
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National March on Washington Committee
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National March on Washington Committee
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March on Washington
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1993
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1993 National March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay, and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation
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National March on Washington Committee
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March on Washington
1993
Don't Ask Don't Tell
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1993 March on Washington
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Fact sheets containing information pertaining to LGBT issues, including military inclusion, violence, and discrimination.
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March on Washington
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March on Washington
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April 25, 1993
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March on Washington
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1993 March on Washington
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Flier for the 1993 March on Washington. Contains list of demands, information about 1987 march, action statement, registration form, partial calendar of events, and travel information.
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March on Washington
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March on Washington
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April 25, 1993
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March on Washington
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1993
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Gay-Rights March Organizers Say 1 Million May Participate
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1993 March on Washington
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Washington Post article covering the planned 1993 March on Washington.
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Gary Lee
Linda Wheeler
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Washington Post
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March 19, 1993
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Tim McFeeley
Sandra Alley
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Dean Wilhelm
Billy Hileman
Don Michaels
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1993 March on Washington Media Kit
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March on Washington
1993
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Million seen for gay march in D.C.
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March on Washington
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San Francisco Examiner article covering planned 1993 March on Washington.
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Marcia Stepanek
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San Francisco Examiner
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February 8, 1993
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Tanya Domi
Troy Perry
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Jean Shaw
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Billy Hileman
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1993
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Billy Hileman
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March on Washington
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James D. Williams
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NAACP News
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NAACP
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February 20, 1993
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Benjamin L. Hooks
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March on Washington
1993
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James D. Williams
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Our Time Has Come
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1993 March on Washington
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Newspaper released by the March on Washington committee. Includes calendar of events, local march and national steering committee listings, travel information, merchandise order form, registration form, sponsored advertisements, pictures, cartoons, lobbying information, and articles about the upcoming march.
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Newspaper Project of the March on Washington Committee
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April 25, 1993
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Billy Hileman
Deborah Bell
Leslie Ewing
Jason Heffner
Dan Kaufman
Liz Magill
Linda Wheeler
Eric E. Rofes
Donna Minkowitz
Susan Slohm
Victor Raymond
Laura M. Perez
Derek Charles Livingston
Loree Cook-Daniels
Pat Hussain
Phylis Randolph Frye
Michael Broder
Gil Aurellano
Susan YF Chen
Constance Ratliff-Campbell
Danny Blitz
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1993 March on Washington
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Linda Wheeler
Eric E. Rofes
Donna Minkowitz
Susan Slohm
Victor Raymond
Laura M. Perez
Derek Charles Livingston
Loree Cook-Daniels
Pat Hussain
Phylis Randolph Frye
Michael Broder
Gil Aurellano
Susan YF Chen
Constance Ratliff-Campbell
Danny Blitz
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Gregory C. Hutchings
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Delta Lambda Phi
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Lesbian Avengers
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Bridges, A Journal for Jewish Feminists and Our Friends
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Entre Nous
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National Minority AIDS Council
American Theatre Productions
Georgia Political Action Committe
Universal Spada
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Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League
March on Washington
1993
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Photos
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March on Washington
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Four photos showing the March on Washington. Year or years uncertain.
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Doug Hinckle
Jana Birchum
Unknown
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The Washington Blade
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April 25, 1993
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1993 March on Washington Media Kit
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March on Washington
1993
March for Life
Washington DC
Activism
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Doug Hinckle
Jana Birchum
Unknown
Washington Blade
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https://history.okeq.org/files/show/2051
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[Collection] Other Organizations and Events
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Documents and items relating to other LGBT organizations and events.
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[1993] March on Washington Media Kit
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1993 March on Washington for Lesbian , Gay, and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation
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Official media packet for 1993's March on Washington for LGBT Rights. Includes informational pamphlet, photos from previous marches, a calendar of events, media releases, and fact sheets pertaining to discrimination.
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National March on Washington Committee
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National March on Washington Committee
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April 25, 1993
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1993
March on Washington
Activism
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https://history.okeq.org/items/show/618
1993
1993 Capital Round-Up
A Journal for Jewish Feminists and Our Friends
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ACT UP Network
ACT UP/DC
ACT UP/Seattle
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AIDS Medicine and Miracles of Boulder Colorado UFMCC
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Alumnae Association of Vassar
AmBi
American Association of Physicians for Human Rights
American Civil Liberties Union
American Foundation for AIDS Research
American Friends Service Committee
American Theatre Productions
American University Gay Lesbian and Bisexual Community
Amnesty International
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Artists Confronting AIDS
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Bin Laden Joins Anti-Gay
Terrorist on Wanted List
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Osama bin Laden isn’ t the
only terrorist bombing suspect on the FBI’ s Ten Most
Wanted list. Right here at home, the bureau is still
hunting for Eric Robert Rudolph in connection with the
1996 Olympics bombing and other crimes.
And some of the parallels are striking: both are
trained soldiers and survivalists, accused of killing to
further extreme religious and political beliefs. Both
have eluded capture for years among sympathetic souls
in mountainous terrain, despite a huge price on their
heads. For nearly four years, agents have combed the
sawtooth ridges ofwestern North Carolinafor Rudolph,
an Army veteran and sometime carpenter charged with
four bombings, including fatal blasts at the Atlanta
Games and at an Alabama abortion clinic.
Rudolph was last seen in the area in July 1998 after
stealing supplies from a health store.owner. His truck
had been spotted there early that year. see Terror, p. 2
Iowa Rights Group Says
Add Sexual Orientation
DES MOINES, IOWA (AP) "The Iowa Civil Rights
Commission is recommending that the state’s civil
rights law specifically prohibit discrimination based on
sexual orientation. The commission voted 6-1 in September
to recommend that the Legislature add sexual
orientation to the wording of the law, marking the first
time it has gone on record backing that step.
Commission member Alicia Claypool said the move
makes sense, because there’s strong evidence of discrimination.
Republican legislative leaders have opposed
the step, saying the inclusion of Gays in the law
gives them special treatment.
A commission subcommittee that studied the proposal
said the state is facing a looming shortage of
workers and diversity is one way tO attract new people
to the state. "If we are to grow and remain a vital and
productive state, we must create a current and future
workforce that is stable, wall-educated and sees Iowa as
a viable place in which to grow up, live and work," said
a subcommittee memo.
The commission’ s recommendation likely will spark
a renewed round of debate over an issue that’ s been
around for years. The state’s civil rights law protects
people from discrimination in employment, housing
and lending based on age, color, creed, national origin,
race, religion, marital status, sex, physical disability, or
familial status:
Backers long have said that Gays and Lesbians face
discrimination as well andthat sexual orientation should
be added to the list. The Legislature specifically rejected
that step because Republicans did not want to
approve a measure they said gave special protection to
Gays. Gov. Tom Vilsack issued an executive order in
1999 that also would have banned discrimination based
Serving:Lesbian, .Gay, Bisexual + Transgendered Tulsans, Out’Families.+ Friends
i Male on Male Rape at Webster
i Some Speculate Whether Anti-Gay Bias at Issue
¯¯ TULSA, Okla. (AP)-Two 14:year-old football players accused
of raping a teammate with a broom handle won’t be tried as
: adults, prosecutors said. The Tulsa County District Attorney’s
." Office filed rape by instrumentation charges in juvenile court
¯ against theWebster High School students. ¯
The boys are accused of forcing a 14-year-old freshman
: football player to a school locker room floor and raping him with
¯. a broom handle Sept. 21. An hour later, the students allegedly
_. spanked the same boy with a weight belt and pelted his genitals
with traffic cones. Students said no affults were in the locker room
¯ when the alleged rape occurred.
~ Tulsa Police spokesman Lucky Lamons responded that police
¯ detectives claimtherewas no anti-Gay verbal abusewhich could
indicate that this assault had aspects of a hate crime. However,
¯ several longtime community activists from TOHR and PFLAG
i speculated that the assault may have ties to issues of actual or
¯ perceived sexual orientation. Officer Lamons noted that detec-
¯ tives feel one ofthe motives may have been that victim was small.
¯: The accused have been releasedfrom ajuvenile shelter on bail.
¯ Their case will remain in thejuvenile system, where the focus is
: on rehabilitation rather than punishment, said Assistant District
: Attorney Rebecca Nightingale. She said the district attorney’s
¯ office will not seek adult certification for the teens. Prosecutors
¯ considered the boys’ sophistication and maturity, their record
: and history, the likelihood of rehabilitation in the juvenile sys-
¯ tern, and the prospects for protection of the public, she said.
: Fourteen student-athletes were suspended after the incident,
: and Webster’ s ninth-grade football season has been canceled.
: Five students received the maximum penalty allowed under
¯ the school district’ s code of conduct - suspension for the rest of
¯ the academic year. They also were banned from ever participati
ing in school sports in the district. The other nine students got
¯ five-day or 10,day suspensions.
¯" Superintendent David Sawyer warned coaches and school
district employees this week not to tolerate or ignore hazing and
: bullying;
i TOHR Drops State Bank
i overAnti-Bias Policy
: TULSA (TFN)-TulsaOklahomaus forHumanRights
." (TOHR) recently transfered its business from State
Bank and BancOne to Bank of Oklahoma because of
: BOk has an dear non-discrimination policy which
¯ includes "sexual orientation."
." Under the direction of the organization’ s treasurer,
AngelaBruce, letters were written toTOHR’ s former
i bank, informing them of the reason for the change.
¯ According to TOHR spokesman, Greg Gatewood,
¯ the move was really about doing business with those
: who support thecommunity_ and not doing business
¯ with those who do not. Gatewoodnoted that the funds
: were not an enormous amount but should have been
¯. enough to get the institution’ s attention.
¯ Bank ofOklahoma instituted a non-discrimination ¯
policy which includes "sexual orientation" a couple
i of years ago, and is the only bank in Tulsa which has
¯ included the Lesbian and Gay community in’ its
: marketing outreach. State Bank’s president Don
¯ Walker was not available for comment at press time.
¯ Candidate for US Congress at TOHR
¯ On Tuesday, NOvember 13, Democratic candidate
: for Oklahoma’s First Congressional District, Dong
: Dodd will speak at the Community Center at 21st and
¯ Memorial at 7pro. TOHR organizers note that Cathy
: Keating, one of three Republican candidates has also
: been invited to meet withTOHRand the community.
: Keating, unlike many Oklahoma Republicans, has
¯ stated that her campaign will exclude no one and
: while announcing her candidacy at the Tulsa Press
¯ Club, Mrs. Keating noted that she was not very
¯ familiarwiththeconcemsofLesbianandGayTulsans,
~ but she is willing to educate herself. And Dodd has
¯ stated publicly his opposition to a constitutional
¯ amendment to ban same gender marriages.
: Slow Come, Quick Go
i KS County Gives, Now May Drop Benefits
¯ WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Sedgwick County’s new
¯ insurance benefits for unmarried domestic partners
¯ may not last more than a week.
¯ County commissioners appear to have the votes to overturn County Manager William Buchanan’ s deci-
" sion to offer employees the option of extending their
; health coverage to gay or straight partners. Employ-
" ees were told of their option to cover domestic part-
"¯ hers in apacket ofmaterials outlininginsuranceplans
¯ for 2002. Commissioners put the item on their agenda after
¯: receiving numerous phone calls and e-mails from
.. constituents who say the policy gives official sane-
. tion to "sinful" unions.
¯ Commissioner Tim Norton said he originally was
¯ willing to defer to Buchanan and the county’ s human
¯ resources staff. But now, he said, he would probably ¯
vote to rescind the policy because that’s what resi-
: dents have toldhim they want. "I don’ t know that this
: is the right time, or the right place, for us to be
¯ stepping out and taking a leadership role on a social
¯ issue like this," he said.
¯ Commissioners Carolyn McGiunandBen Sciortino
: said last week that they oppose the policy because
¯ they think the county’s health benefits should be
: reserved for employees and their immediate families
¯ only. see-Wichita, p.]O
DIRECTORY
EDITORIAL
US & WORLD NEWS
Z ENTERTAINMENT+ MORE
¯ Rocky Horror Benefit, Oct. 27
¯ TULSA (TFN) - Tulsa’ s downtown Doubletree Hotel will host
: a new Halloween gala event which will benefit Tulsa Oklaho-
¯ mans for Human Rights (TOHR) and the Pyramid Project - the ¯
capital campaign to purchase a permanent community center.
¯ Helga’ s Horfibles will perform live their version of the Rocky
¯ Horror Picture Show beginning at 8:15, featuringHelga,Animal, ¯
Peaches Lennox, Anita Richards, Shirley Nott, Scott, Brenda
¯ Lynn Stewart, Patti, Crystal Meth and Johnny Cronin, all di-
¯ rected by Timothy Snapp.
: After the show, the Time Warp Masquerade Ball will go till
¯ midnight. Costumes are en,co.uraged, ID is required and tickets
: are $25 in advance (at Ken s Flowers, Salon 41, the Pride Store
¯" at the Center and on line at www.Pyramidproject.org) or $30 at
¯° the door. VIP tickets and tables are available. The event will offer
¯" a cash bar, complimentary hors d’oeuvres, party pies, valet
parking and a dj.
: Mr. Oklahoma Leather to Aid TOHRKulsa CARES
¯ The Mr. Oklahoma Leather contest which will be held atCW" s
: on Oct. 19-21 will benefit TOHR/the Community Center and
¯
Tulsa C.ARES. For more information, call CW" s at 610-5323.
¯ Other Community News
¯ On Saturday, Oct. 13, PFLAG is having a Come Out and Fly
¯ Your Kite event in honor of National Coming Out Day (NCOD)
¯ at a local park. Call PFLAG at 749-4901 for more information:
¯ . Annual AIDS Walk, Oct. 6, 9:00am
¯ Saturday, Oct. 6, TulsaAIDSWalk 2001 will begin and end at ¯
Veterans Park at 21st and Boulder (site of the annual Diversity
." Festival). Funds raised at the event help TCAP, the Tulsa Com-
¯" munityAIDS Partnership (TCAP). All funds will be increasedby
¯ 50% withmatching dollars from the Elton John AIDS Foundation.
TCAP helps to fund the following groups: RAIN, the
¯ Regional AIDS Interfaith Network, Tulsa CARES, theAmerican
¯ Red Cross, Red Rock Behavioral Health Services and HOPE
Testing Clinic. The Walk is now eight years old and has raised
: thousands of dollars for direct care and education/prevention for
HEALTH NEWS
on sexual orientation in state hiring, but legislative : HIV/AIDS. It is an all volunteer effort which has no administra_ : ~ GAYSTUDIES P. 10/~1
leaders successfully argued see Iowa, p.2 ¯ tive costs For more information, call 585-5551 ¯ --- ---- ~
Tulsa Clubs & Restaurants
*Bamboo Lounge, 7204 E. Pine
*CW’ s, 1737 S. Memorial
*Play-Mor, 424 S. Memorial
Polo Grill, 2038 Utica Square
*Renegades/Rainbow Room, 1649 S. Main
*St. Michael’s Alley Restaurant, 3324-L E. 31st
*Schatzi’ s, 2619 S. Memorial
*The Star, 1565 Sheridan
*TNT’ s, 2114 S. Memorial
*Tool Box I!, 1338 E. 3rd
*Vortex, 2182 S. Sheridan
*The Yellow Brick Road Pub, 2630 E. 15th
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Tulsa Businesses, Services, & Professionals
Assoc. in Med. & Mental Health, 2325 S. Harvard 743-1000
Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 8620 E. 71 250-5034
Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 523 1 E. 41 665-4580
Body Piercing by Nicole, 2722 E. 15 712-1122
*Borders Books & Music, 2740 E. 21 712-9955
*Borders Books & Music, 8015 S. Yale 494-2665
Brookside Jewelry, 4649 S. Peoria 743-5272
*CD Warehouse, 3807c S. Peoria 746-0313
*Cheap Thrills, 2640 E 1 lth 295-5868
Cherry St. Psychotherapy, 1515 S. Lewis 581-0902, 743-4117
Community Cleaning, Kerby Baker 622-0700
Tim Danid, Attorney 352-9504, 800-742-9468
*Deco to Disco, 3212 E. 15th
Doghouse on Brookside, 3311 S. Peoria
*Elite Books & Videos, 821 S. Sheridan
Encompass Travel, 13161H N. Memorial
Ross Edward Salon 584-0337,
Events Unlimited, 507 S. Main
Floral Design Studio, 3404 S. Peoria
Four Star Import Automotive, 9906~E. 55th H.
Cathy Furlong, Ph.D., 1980 Utica Sq. Med. Ctr.
Gay & Lesbian Affordable Daycare
*Gloria Jean’s Gourmet Coffee, 1758 E. 21st
Leanne M. Gross, Insurance & financial planning
Mark T. Hamby, Attorney
*Sandra J. Hill, MS, Psychotherapy, 2865 E. Skelly
*International Tours
Jacox Animal Clinic, 2732 E. 15th
*Jared’ s Antiques, 1602 E. 15th
David Kauskey, Country Club Barbering
The Keepers, Housekeeping & Gardening
*Ken’s Flowers, 1635 E. 15
Kelly Kirby, CPA, 4021 S. Harvard, #210
*Living ArtSpace, 308 South Kenosha
*Midtown Theater, 319 E. 3rd
Mingo Valley ~Flowers, 9720c E. 31
*Mohawk Music, 6157 E 51 Place
Puppy Pause II, 1060 S. Mingo
*The Pride Store
Rainbowz on the River B+B, PUB 696, 74101
Richard’s Carpet Cleaning
Teri Schutt, Ellen & Co.
*Tulsa Comedy Club, 6906 S. Lewis
Venus Salon, 1247 S. Harvard
Fred Welch, LCSW, Counsding
*Wherehouse Music, 5150 S. Sheridan
*Whittier News Stand, 1 N. Lewis
www.gaytulsa.org - website for Tulsa Gays & Lesbians
Tulsa Agencies, Churches, Schools & Universities
AIDS Walk Tulsa, PUB 4337, 74101 579-9593
All Souls Unitarian Church, 2952 S. Peoria 743-2363
Black & White, Inc. PUB 14001, Tulsa 74159 587-7314
Bless The Lord at All Times Christian Center, 2207 E. 6 583-7815
B/L/G/T Alliance, Univ. of Tulsa United Min. Ctr. 583-9780
Chamber of Commerce Bldg., 616 S. Boston 585-1201
*Chapman Student Ctr., University of Tulsa, 5th PI. & Florence
Church of the Restoration UU, 1314N.Greenwood 587-1314
*Community of Hope Church, 2545 S. Yale 747-6300
*Community Unitarian-Universalist Congregation 749-0595
Coundl Oak Men’ s Chorale 748-3888
*Delaware Playhouse, 1511 S. Delaware 712-1511
*Democratic Headquarters, 3930 E. 31 742-2457
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¯ 918.583.1248, fax: 583.4615
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; Publisher + Editor: Tom Neal ¯ Writers + contributors: James Christjohn, Karin Gregory, Barry
." Hensley, J.-P. Legrandbouche, Lamont Lindstrom, Esther
Rothblum, Mary Schepers, Hughston Walkinshaw
." Member o! The Associated Press
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¯ publication are protected by US copyright 2001 by Tulsa
¯ Family News andmay not be reproduced either in whole or in
¯ part without written permission from the publisher. Publica-
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¯ orientation. Correspondence is assumed to be for publication
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Authorities say they also ran across some of
his camping sites and found garbage or
buried debris connected to him.
Now,a taskforce coordinating the Rudolph
search has dwindled from 200 agents to just
afew. "No question that the focus rightnow
for the immediate need of agents for time
and resources" is to investigate last week’ s
terror attacks, said Patrick Crosby, a spokes~
man for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Atlanta.
But Crosby added: "Nobody’ s dropping
anything on Rudolph or the investigation."
Rudolph, for whose capture an award of $1
million has been offered, is believed to adhere
to Christian Identity, a white supremacist
religion that is rabidly anti-Gay, anti-
Semitic and anti-foreigner. Sdme of the four
bombs Rudolph was charged with planting
included messages from the shadowy"Army
of God."
Western North Carolina has long had a
reputation as ahavenforright-wing extremists.
Many there mocked the government’ s
inability to find Rudolph with bloodhounds,
infrared-equippedhelicopters and space-age
motion detectors- and some said they would
hide him if asked.
Bin Laden, a wealthy Saudi who helped
push the Soviets out of Afghanistan, has
likewise become an almost mythic figure in
Islamic militant circles. His protectors have
not been swayed by a $5 million bounty.
"These are both men who are pursuing
their personally received messages, supposedly
from God, and who are ruthless as a
result," said Mark Potok, who tracks domestic
terrorists for the Southern Poverty Law
Center in Montgomery, Ala.
"presumably, there’s a litde more national
will involved in the bin Laden case,"
he says. ’¢Fhis is a sdckin the eye ofAmerica
inaway that the Rudolph attacks really were
not."
i Cummins Ends
¯ Support for Scouts
in court that he had exceeded his authority.
Vilsack challenged lawmakers to take that
step on their own, but the issue hash’ t been
debated since the legal battle. Republican
legislative leaders have refused to bring the
measure up for debate.
Subcommittee members said the numbers
alone argue for protecting Gays and
Lesbians, because estimates are that up to
4% of the state’ s population is Gay, roughly
114,500 people. That’ s a larger population
than the 2.8% of the state that is Hispanic
and2.1% African-Americanpopulation, they
said.
¯ COLUMBUS, Ind. - Heavy engine manu-
¯ facturer Cummins Inc. almonnced Sept. 18
¯ it plans to stop sponsoring an event that
¯ raises money for the Boy Scouts ofAmerica
¯ because of the organization’ s ban on Gays
¯ serving as troop leaders, according to The
¯ Associated Press.
¯ Cnmmins has beenamajor donor to scout-
¯ ing programs, in Indiana’s Bartholomew
¯" County. seeScouts,p.11
by Rich Tafel
Everything in America has changed since the attacks of
September 11,2001. While.Americans return to work and
theirdaily lives, Washington-based special interest groups
are struggling to figureout where to go from here.
The Sierra Club, which earlier this year saw an increase
infundraising fromils attacks onnewly-inaugurated President
George W. Bush, has sent a memo to their leading
members instructing them to stop bashing the president.
Other groups preparing to spend millions onad campaigns
to fight the "lfckbox" budget wars have gone silent.
Democrats and Republicans are working together.
Gay organizations are not sure how to respond. The
debate in Washington. now revolves around a central
question - do Gay groups move ahead with the "old"
agenda items? Dothey put Gay-specific issues on hold?
Or, do they rise to meet the new challenges fa,c.ing Gay
Americans in this new period, even ifthey don t fit what
-these groups have long argued was "the Gay agenda"?
Tome whathas ehangedmost since September 11 is the
rubric for debate. Throughout the years, Gay activists
have relied on a paradigm of "victimization" to formulate
their agenda for advancing our community’ sinterests. A
divergence of reality began to take place, where our
political leaders argued our lives were getting worse and
worse while, in reality, we were gaining greater acceptance.
In the end, Gay.politics became dominated by a
"virtual victimization, with our own sogiety full of enemies
oppressing us. Obscured by this paradigm was the
reality that, while we still have barriers to dear, life for
Gay Americans has never been better.
The "virtual victimization" paradigm may have fit the
time. But there was a cost. Gay Americans who bought
into this paradigm were left to believe that the power to
live life on their own terms 4s outside their control.
"Virtual victims’" become increasingly alienated from
society, moreinward-driven, and less connected to a sense
of personal responsibility about how their lives tnm out.
We’ 11 look back on the 1990’ s with an almost embarrassing
realization of just how self-absorbed we were. The
same Gay community whose political leaders demanded
employment anti-discrimination laws and hate crime protections
was travding on RSVP cruises, packing warehouse
circuit parties, and filling black-tie dinner halls to
hear keynote addresses from Hollywood celebrities.
If the attack on September 11 shocked our nation back
to reality, it might do the same for the Gay movement. At
LEF’s July leadership conference, entitled "Redefining
the Gay Agenda," syndicated columnist Hasting Wyman
made an observation about why Vice President AI Gore,
the 2000 Democratic nominee for President, didn’t do
better among Gay voters even though he supported what
was knows as the Gay agenda: "... I think this raises an
interesting question and I say a question, not a conclusion.
...A lot of the Gay agenda, while it may be right or it may
be wrong, it’s not terribly relevant to the average Gay
person."
Hastings is right, and as we examine what is real and
relevant in our lives after September 11. Now is the time
to reject the "virtual victim" paradigm and, maybe for the
first lime ever, think of ourselves as fellow Americans,
united with the rest of the nation, confronting a common
enemy. I think Gays and Lesbians get this, even if our
leadership doesn’ t. One thing is clear as I walk through the
Gay neighborhoods of Washington, where the American
flag is draped from hundreds of windows, and as I read of
a conservative Republican Senator eulogizing Mark
Bingham as an American hero who save the U.S. Capitol,
Gays and Lesbians are part of the greatness of America
and they know it.
What unique role can Gays and Lesbians play as we
unite against the terrorists? First, Gay and Lesbian leaders
can stop the incessant negative backbiting against President
Bushand his administration. Like every other American,
we need him to succeed in this mission. Throw away
those "He’ s Not My President" t-shirts. Gay organization
leaders need to stop referring to him as the "enemy" - we
¯ have a clear enemy today, that is absolutely bent on our
¯¯ collective destruction, who brutalizes women, murders
Gays and sees a free society as the world’ s greatest evil.
: Now is not the time to attack the President. This will be
¯ the hardest for groups whosefundraising has depended on
¯ demonizing him, butnext time they doit,weall~eed to ask
¯ them to refrain. That doesn’t mean we cannot disagree
¯ with President Bush or abrogate the freedoms we are truly ¯
fighting to defend, but as fellow Americans we have a
: common moral duty to rekindle-a tone of respect for the
¯ office of the presidency, and for the burden on the man
¯ who sits there today.
"Gay organizations are not sure how
to respond. The debate in
Washington now revolves around a
central question - do Gay groups move
ahead with the old" aCenda items?
Do they put Gay-speciflc issues on hold?
Or, do they rise to meet the new
challenges facing Gay Americans
in this new period, even ff they don’t fit
what these groups have long argued
was "the Gay agenda’S."
New, more pressing issues have come to the forefront
and need our attention. Gay couples and families have
been ripped apart in the attacks. We must be vigilant in
ensuring that those left behind are not cut off from survivor
benefits and legal rights that they deserve. We as a
community should take notice of the vital importance of
partner benefits andresponsibilities in light of this tragedy
and ensure we have provided for our loved ones should
anything happen to us.
Donating blood surfaced as an issuein the days after the
¯ attacks. The RedCross policy on donating bloodis dearly ¯
out of date and harmful in how absolute its exclusion of
¯ Gay men has been since the 1980’s. The only response
¯ from Gay leaders thus far is still ringing of victimization, ¯
or has just been silence for fear of raising an issue that
: makes us all sound selfish.
¯ However, there is a "united we stand" approach to
¯ giving blood. Again, sad as it is, there will likely be need ¯
for more blood before this war is over. We should respect-
" fully, without fanfare and action alerts, approach the Red
~ Cross and explain that Gay men would like to hdp the
¯ effort. While we do understand that Gay men are more ¯
likely to be HIV positive then the general public, we
¯ should not confuse sexual orientation with health status,
: and the policy should be consistent in its approach to
¯ sexual behavior. For instance, heterosexuals with mul-
¯ . tiple partners are not screened outin thesame way as aGay
¯ man who has had sex once since 1977.
; During times of war, scapegoats are often sought out in
¯ every society. Will Gays and Lesbians become targets of
¯ greater hate crime activity? I doubt it. But I do believe that
: Arab Americans or anyonelooking like them will be. The
¯ greatest weapon against intolerance is educating our-
" selves, so we should be role models.
¯ In the "unitedwe stand" paradigm,we can explain to the
¯ public that we know what it is like to bejudged, discrimihated
against and even physically beaten because of who
: weare. Thoughweknow many Islamicleaders inAmerica
: have shown little tolerance for Gays and Lesbians, we as
¯ acommunitylove andrespect ourfellow Americaus under
¯
attack. We support them and their civil rights, so that we
: never again make the mistake of how we treated Japanese
¯ Americans in World War II.
¯ The overall paradigm of the Gay civil rights movement
¯ must change, see Change, p.ll
" Welcome to Our Reality
: by Tom Neal, editor &publisher
¯ Hate crimes have beenmuch onmymind in theseweeks ¯
since the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. This
: horror has brought out the best in so many Americans but
it has also brought out the worst in a few.
Some of those few have used this mad event as an
¯" excuse to express their prejudices, theirracism, their anti-
" immigrant bigotry, and their homophobia, around the
: country as well as here in Tulsa.
¯ In Tulsa, we’ ve seen the beating of a Pakistani man and
: apparently, according to Barbara Moore of the Asian-
" American Society, others who are perceived as "foreign"
¯ have been harassed.
No one in th.e Gay communities has missed the shameless
opportunism of Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson,
perhaps the greatest disgraces to contemporary
Christendom, at trying to incite violence against Lesbians
and Gay Americans and others in the wake of the terrorist
¯ attack.
: My comment to our Muslim and Asian sisters and
¯ brothers is welcome to our reality of violence, prejudice ¯
and hatredin Tulsa. What you’re experiencing as,new has
: been our ongoing reality. What you’re experiencing as a
: new sensation of lack of safety has long been our experi-
¯
But while attacks on you are decried by Tulsa’ s pro-
: foundly hypocritical "do-good" organizations: NCCJ,
¯ Jewish Federation, Tulsa Metropolitan Ministry, Tulsa ¯
Interfaith Alliance, those same groups have been shame-
: fully silent when Gay men were brutally beaten like the
¯ Tulsa Pakistani man.
¯ It’ s not that they didn’ t know that the attacks happened.
¯ Tim Beauchamp and Tony Orr’ s beating on Brookside a
few years ago was well reportedin this newspaper as well
¯ as in The World. Beauchamp and Orrlater testified before
¯ the US House of Representatives about their beating, a ¯
fact also reported by The WorM. ¯
I personally told Nancy Day ofNCCJ of themost recent
¯ beating ofaGay man which this newspaper reportedin our
¯ August issue. But neither Ms. Day nor NCCJ, nor any ¯
other of these organizations has felt it incumbent to
¯ express for Gay Tulsans what they fall over themselves to
¯ do for Muslim Tulsans.
¯ Clearly themessage here is that NCCJ, Jewish Federa- ¯
tion, and possibly TMM and Tulsa Interfaith Alliance do
¯ not consider the attacks on Gay Tulsans to rise to the same
level of concern as the attacks on other minorities. Or if
¯ perhaps their values are slightly more humane, then they ¯
are cynically utterly unwilling to expend any oftheir effort
¯ or "capital" in acting upon them.
¯ As horrible as it to contemplate, for some time I have
been convinced that the only thing that would get these
: groups off dead center would be for Tlffsa to have our own
¯ Matthew Shepard murdered- as much as I pray that such
will never happen.
¯ What is it about this city that it is so profoundly morally
¯ bankrupt that only the veritible cruxcifiction of an iuno-
¯ cent might, and only_ might, move them to acknowledge
¯ the right of Lesbian and Gay Tulsans to live unassaulted ¯
and with even a fractiOi~ of the civil rights and other legal
: protections other residents, including other minorities,
: take for granted?
¯ Indeed I am glad to see that attacks against Muslim and
¯ others are condemned. I also am glad to see new networks
¯ formed to address hate crimes but I am deeply troubled
: that this new effort, again, starts by excluding Gay and
¯ Lesbian Tulsans and describes hate crimes only as race, ¯
religion and ethnicity when those who hate, attack race,
¯ ethnicity, rdigion and sexual orientation equally, and
¯ sometimes us first. ¯
¯ The latest Tulsa anti-hate crime network did invite our
Nancy McDonald, PFLAGfounder, butit’ s not at all dear
¯ that she was invitedinher role as a more acceptable proxy
¯ for Gay folk but rather in her role as new co-convertor of ¯
the Say No to Hate Coalition.
¯
see Hate, p. 10
Czechs Seek Partners
Recognition
PRAGUE, .Czech Republic (AP) - Czech Gays and
Lesbians soon could become the first in a former
communist country to be allowed to register their
partnerships. Prime Minister Milts Zeman’ s Cabinet
has thrown its supportbehind a draftlaw grantingGays
equal rights with the rest of the population. And
backers ofthelegislation say they’ ve neverhada better
chance for passage of the measure.
The bill gives Gay and Lesbian couples the same
fights as those of heterosexual ones in areas such as
inheritance and health insurance. Couples would be
¯ allowed to seal their partnerships at local government
offices, and severing a union would require a courtapproved
divorce. The draft, approved by the Cabinet,
however; bars couples from adopting children.
Legislation that would allow homosexual unions
already has been turned down twice by the Czech
parliament, in 1997 and 1999. But this time will be
different, Gay activists say. "Public opinion has
changed," said Jiri Hromada, an activist. "Any deputy
should listen to that."
A May survey by the state-sponsored CVVM polling
agency said only33%of those polled opposed such
a law, compared to 42% in 1999. The margin of error
was 3%, To pass, supporters of the law need only a
simple majority in the 200-seat chamber. Since the
ruling party holds 74 seats, supporters say they only
need just over two dozen votes to make the measure
pass.
Several other European nations already extend legal
fights to same-sex partners. Denmark granted legal
rights in 1989, a move followed later by other countries,
including Swedenand the Netherlands. Germany
recently began to allow Gay couples to register their
unions, and in the United States, Vermont became the
first state to recognize same-sex unions last year.
The Czech Republic wouldbe the firstpost-communist
country, however, to approve such a measure.
Most post-communist societies, burdened with massive
economic troubles, have largely neglected such
social questions.
Opponents arebracing for afight. TheRomanCatholic
Church, which has long opposed such unions,
sponsored a petition to pressure the parliament to
reject the measure. Petition organizer Josef Zeman of
the Brat-based group National Center for Family says
72,000 have already signed. Some 2.7 million people
in theCzechRepublic say they are Roman Catholic: "It
will have an irreversible impact on those young people
who still are not clear about their sexual orientation,’"
Zeman warned.
The draft law should be discussed in the lower
ch~amber, the House of Deputies, by the end of this
year.
Cleveland United Way
Drops-Boy Scouts
CLEVELAND (AP) - The Clevdand chapter of the
United Way has decided to stop funding traditional
Boy Scouts programs that discriminate against Gays.
The money will instead go to Boy-Scout-affiliated
programs such as Learning for Life, a program that
does not prohibit Gay menfrom being leaders.
-. Earlier this month, United Way Services of Greater
Cleveland shifted $268,000 in Boy Scout donations to
the Learning for Life program, said Mike Benz, president
Of the local United Way organization. The program
will be taught in Cleveland, Bedford and Lakewood
public schools and teaches children to apply
classroom lessons in their everyday life.
Last year, the United Way Services gave about
$90,000 ofits Boy Scout donation to Learning for Life.
This year, the group considered cutting support to the
Boy Scouts entirely but decided instead to shift all of
its donation to~ngfor Life.
." Susan Lewis, spokeswoman for the Greater Cleve-
." land Council for the Boy Scouts of America, said
¯ shifting the money to a Boy Scout-affiliated program
: was a good compromise. She said her chapter will try
: to shiftaround other donormoney tomake upforlosing
¯¯ the United Way funding, which accounts for about
14% of t!~ir budget. Nearly 50 United Ways across the
¯ country and a dozen corporations have quit giving
¯ money to Boy Scouts of America since ihe U.S. Su-
¯ preme Court last year upheld the Scouts’ right to reject ¯
homosexual leaders.
_" Jan Cline, an Eagle Scout and associate director of
¯ the Lesbian Gay Community ServiceCenter in Cleve- ¯
land, said he wanted United Ways to stop funding the
: Boy Scouts altogether until they stop discriminating.
: "If I give to United Way, I don’ t want one cent to go
¯ to Boy Scouts," Cline said. "There’ s no betterplace for ¯
boys tolearn citizenship, personal fitness and camping
¯ skills. But by enforcing a membership standard that
: teaches young Gaymentheirfeelings are second-class,
¯ they’re teaching bigotry and discrimination." ¯
None of the Northeast Ohio United Way organiza-
¯ tions,including UuitedWay Services ofGreaterCleve-
¯ land, has employment policies that prohibit discrimi- ¯
nation against Gays.
Finland Recognizes
Same Gender Partners
HELSINKI, Finland (AP) - Lawmakers passed a goveminent
proposal recently that makes Gay partnerships
legally binding but stops short of letting Gay
couples adopt children or use the same surname. The
bill, which comes into force next year, was approved
99 to 84, with 17 abstentions or absentees.
The new law says Finns who are at least 18 can
register a same-sex union in a civil ceremony comparable
to matrimony. It also give~ Gay couples the same
rights as married heterosexual couples when inheriting
each other’ s property and in cases of divorce.
TheFinnish Lesbian andGay AsSociationwelcomed
the law but said it wished it went further. ’q’his at long
last gives Gay couples the rights they deserve," said
Rainer Hiltunen, the association’s secretary-general.
"But it’ s a compromise, and we are disappointed that it
doesn’ t secure the rights of chil&en in a Gay marriage
because they can only be registered to one parent."
The Finnish Evangdical Lutheran Church, to which
85% of the 5.2 million population belongs, has opposed
giving Gay partners the same rights as married
couples. However, Archbishop Jukka Paarma has said
that the legal position of homosexual and Lesbian
couples should be improved.
The new law is in line with similar legislation in the
other Nordic countries of Sweden, Norway, Denmark
and Iceland, where Gay partnerships have been legalized.
Denmark and Iceland permit adoptions by Gay
couples in certain circumstances.
Houston Partner
¯ Benefits Up for Vote
¯" HOUSTON (AP) - Houston, voters in November will
¯ consider whether the city should offer health and other
~ benefits to same-sex parmers of its employees. The
: Houston City Council approved for the Nov. 6 ballot a
¯ referendum that, ifpassed,-wouldprohibit the cityfrom
¯ providing same-sex benefits. The city doesn’t offer
: thosebenefits now, but had been considering changing
¯ its benefits policy to include them.
¯ The council approved the ballot addition by a 9-5
vote after City Secretary AnnaRnssell validatedenough
¯ signatures on petitions to call for a vote. Petitioner
¯ Dave Wilson, who,opposes offering same-sex ben-
. efits, led an effort to gather 21,028 signatures on those
¯ petitions. City law requires 20~000 valid signatures
." from registered voters in Houston to force a vote on a
¯ change to the city charter.
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Gay elected official, voted against adding the referendum
to the ballot, claiming that Russell missed errors
orirregularities on !, 101 signatures. MayorLee Brown
said he intends to oppose the referendum and that
authorities should investigate any possible fraud. Harris
County District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal said his
office would investigate if a complaint is fried. Wilson
said he knew of no problems with the petitions or
signatures.
Houston voters in 1985 nullified a nondiscrimination
ordinance approved by the council. Earlier this
year, the council approved.a similar ordinance protecting
Gays and Lesbians from discrimination, and the
Nov. 6 referendum does not address the ordinance.
Gay Adoption
Considered In Nebraska
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - As the state Supreme Court
prepares to hear a case that could decide ifGay couples
have the right to adopt children, groups on both sides
are weighing in on the dispute. Thehigh court is to hear
the case next week of a Lincoln Lesbian who wants her
lover to be able to adopt her 3-year-old boy.
The case already has generated so-called "friend of
the court" briefs from scores of organizations, including:
theAmerican Psychological Association; the Family
Research Institute; the Alliance for Children’s
Rights; The National Organization for Women; the
National Adoption Center; and the Lambda Legal
Defense and Education Fund. The Nebraska Catholic
Conference, the Family Research Council, the Nonpartisan
Family Coalition and Family First also have
weighed in.
The boy, called "Luke" in court papers, was born to
"B.P," in 1997 through artificial inseminataon. The
boy has lived with his mother and her lover, "A.E.,"
since birth. The two women were joined in a commitment
ceremony in 1995, according to court records.
Such ceremonies are not recognized as marriages in
Nebraska, where voters last year approved a measure
to keep same-sex marriages from being legally recog-
B.P. already has custody of her 9-year-old son from
a previous marriage. While Nebraska law contains no
specific provision prohibiting adoptions by Gay
couples, Deputy Attorney General Steve Grasz said
does not mean it is legal. He also said A.E. has no legal
rights to adopt the child, even though she has helped
raise him. "Such caregivers, unlike parents, possess no
substantive liberty interest in the child," he said in
briefs filed in the case. "No fundamental constitutional
right has been accorded in the law to individuals such
as foster parents, grandparents, caregivers or ’partners’
of parents even though they have a deep emotional
attachment to the child."
Amy Miller, a lawyer with the American Civil
Liberties Union, dismissed those arguments. "The
state’ s bias is based on its discomfort with A.E. and
B.P.’ s relationship, but is irrelevant asthe real issue is
Luke’ s interests," she said. "The law only inquires into
the best interests of the child to be adopted.
Court Rejects Gag on Play
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) - A federal appeals court
has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to block a controversial
student play, ruling that the issue is moot since
the play has already been performed. The 7th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals in Chicago last week rejected
the complaint filed by opponents of the play "Corpus
Christi" who accused Indiana University-Purdue University
ofusing taxpayermoney to support an attackon
Christianity.
Theplayfeatured aGay, Christ-like characternamed
Joshua and 12 other male characters, most of whom
had the names of Christ’s disciples.
In a one-page orderissued Sept. 19, the court said the
;" issues raised on appeal do not merit’fotther consider:
¯¯ ation because theplay has already been performed. Six sold-out performances took place Aug. 10 to 18 in a
¯ theater on the university’ s Fort Wayne campus.
¯ Opponents led by former Republican gubernatorial
: candidate John Price had argued that staging the play
¯ on the grounds of a state university_violated the consti-
: tutional separation of church and state.
¯ Attorney Stephen R. Pennell represented the univer-
¯
sity in thelawsuit. He said school leaders were pleased
¯ by the court’ s action. "The play has been performed, so
¯ there is no longer any relief the court could grant that ¯
would be effective in any way, so the point is moot,"
¯
Pennell told The Journal Gazette.
The same appeals court ruled Aug. 7 in favor of
¯ allowing "Corpus Christi" to be performed while the ¯
appeal was pending. The decision upheld a July ruling
¯
by U.S. District Judge William C. Lee, who said
: issuing a preliminary inJunction against theproduction
¯ would cause more harm than allowing the play to
: proceed.
¯ Patricia Corbat of Fort Wayne, one of the three
¯ plaintiffs participating in the appeal, was not sure
¯ whether there are any other ways to pursue the com-
. plaint.
¯° She said the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks put the churchstate
relationship in a new perspective. "We don’t
¯ allow prayer in government at all, but all of a sudden
¯
everyone in government is praying," Corbat told the
¯ newspaper. "I just think that, all of a sudden, we’re
: trying to get back in God’ s graces.’"
Maine City OKs Civil
Rights Bill
BANGOR, Maine (AP) - Bangor became the 1 lth
¯
Maine city to enact a Gay civil rights ordinance when
¯ the city council approved the law by a lopsided vote.
¯ The law, approved by an 8-1 vote, bars discrimination ¯
based on sexual orientation in housing, public accom-
¯ modations, credit, education and employment. It is
." similar to measures that have been enacted by the
¯ Legislature, but overturned by Maine voters.
¯ The Bangor council’s passage came a week after a
¯ three-hour public hearing on the measure. Supporters
¯ said such a law is long overdue 17 years after a Gay
i
youth named Charlie Howard died after being thrown
off a downtown Bangor bridge by three local teen-
" agers.
¯ But opponents cited religious objections, and said it
¯ is an unneeded extension of the Maine Human Rights
¯
Act that_ should be decided by voters. Some asserted
¯ that the-law confers special rights on a specific group.
¯ Maine voters last November turned down a law that
would have outlawed discrimination based on sexual
¯
orientation. Similar bills had been rejected by the
: Legislature for two decades until 1997, when a mea-
¯ sure was enacted and signed by Gov. Angus King. ¯
Voters repealed it in 1998, and lawmakers responded
¯ by sending a new bill back to referendum.
~ While the state’ s voters repealed the Gay civil rights
¯ question in 2000, a majority of voters in Bangor ¯
favored the state law. After Monday night’s council
¯ vote, about two dozen spectators broke into applause.
¯ "Equal rights and equal dignity are not special rights,"
¯ said Councilor Joe Baldacci, who sponsored the pro-
" posal with Councilor Judy Vardamis.
: An opponent, Bangor Baptist Church Pastor Jerry
¯ Mick, said he believed a planned effort to repeal the ¯
ordinance could be successful.
¯
Challenges to Gay civil rights laws in other Maine
: cities have had mixed results. In 1992, Portland voters
¯ rejected a proposal to overturn the city’s Gay civil
", rights ordinance. But Lewiston voters repealed their
: city’ s ordinance a year later.
Los kn0olos May ment would prevent the city from provid-
Host 2006 Games
LOS ANGELES (AP) -Anonprofitgroup
will send a delegation to SouthAfricanext
month to lobby forthe city to host the2006
Gay Games, an Olympics-styl_e~l. event~that
draws Gay and Lesbian athletes trom
around the world. Los Angeles faces three
other finalists - Chicago, Atlanta and
Montreal - in its bid to host the games,
which have been held every four years
since 1982: As many as 15,000 competitors
take part in the games, drawing upward
of 250,000 spectators.
The Federation of Gay Games will begin
the selection process in Johannesburg,
South Africa on Oct. 21, with the winning
city announced four days later. The Gay
Games include more than 30 sports, from
aerobics to sailing to wrestling. The event
was founded by Olympic decathlete Tom
Waddell after enduring jokes and harassment
on the sports circuit.
The two-weekGay Games VII wouldbe
the largest single event inLos Angeles in
the next five years, according to the Los
Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau.
The games could generate as much as
$400 million for the city.
San Francisco has played host to two
previous games. Los Angeles has bid on
the games, but has never been selected.
LOs Angeles als0 is seeking to host the
2012 summer Olympic Games. Tt{~’summer
Olympiad previously was held in the
city in 1932 and 1984. Members of the
nonprofit Los Angeles 2006 Inc. group
that is seeking to draw the Gay Games said
many Olympic venues would be used during
the event.
Michigan City to
Vote Against Gays
paign is under way here in the campaign
over an anti-Gay civil rights proposal on
the Nov. 6 city ballot. Both sides pledge to
keep debate civil. But city voters could
face an onslaught of door-to-door campaigns,
yard signs, telephone polls, radio
talk show forums and church debate.
"We feel there is a great deal of discrimination
in the impetus to getting this
ballot initiative. It just r’eally stinks," said
Robert Dempsey, campaign manager for
the group fighting the proposal.
It has been more than a year since City
Manager Pat DiGiovatmi enacted a policy
allowing Gay city employees to cover
their parmers under health insurance. Opponents
immediately moved to put before
voters a broadly worded charter amendment
that bans the city from adopting any
ordinances or policies that give special
preference based on sexual orientation.
"We plan to explain to people why this is
a bad amendment," said Dempsey, of
Kalamazoo Against Discrimination.
" The Michigan branch of the Tupelo,
Miss.-based American Family Association
is aiding the group seeking the
Kalamazoo Gays-rights b~a. The group’ s
Michigan president said he is hopeful for
its passage because the public is returning
to spirituality. "Churches are full. People
are returning to a faith in.God," said Gary
It is unclear whether the charter amending
employee benefits to Gay couples.
City attorneys say the policy does not
mention sexual orientation and therefore
maynotbevoidediftheamendmentpasses.
So far, "very few" of about 900 city employees
have applied for same-sex benefits,
said City Attorney Robert Cinabro.
Kalamazoo is among three cities in
Michigan and 17 communities nationwide
that will vote on Gay civil rights measures
in November. Huntington Woods and
Traverse City also are voting on human
rights measures.
"The whole country will be watching
the three communities in Michigan," said
;can Kosofsky, director of policy and victim
services for the Triangle Foundation, a
Detroit-based Gay civil rights organization.
The National Gay and Lesbian Task
Force in Washington, D.C., last week announcedit
will give $10,000 to Kalamazoo
Against Discrimination.
Meanwhile, American Family Association
is supporting Kalamazoo Citizens
Voting Yes For Equal Rights Not Special
Rights, which is promoting the proposal.
That group has about 50 volunteers, about
half of whom live outside the city, the
Kalamazoo Gazette said Sunday. Among
themis the group’ s spokesman, Kalamazoo
County Commissioner Jack Hoogendyk
Jr. of Portage. "I have interest because I
work in the city," Hoogendyk said. "Most
people rig,h,t now have no clue what the
issues are.
Massachusetts
May Add Benefits
BOSTON (AP) - Gay, Lesbian and unmarried
state workers would be able to get
health insurance for their domestic partners
under a bill approved by a key state
Senate committee late in September. The
bill, approved by the Senate Ways and
MeansCommittee, would also let cities
and towns decide to offer domestic parmer
benefits as a local option.
¯ A domestic partner is defined by .the bill
¯ as someone of the same or opposite sex
¯ who shares financialresponsibilities and a
¯
home with a state employee. They must
¯ also say that they are in a relationship of
¯ "mutual support, care and commitment"
and plan to live together indefinitely.
: The Senate has approved two similar
: bills in recent yb,ars. None became law. "I
¯ approach it as a matter of basic fairness,"
¯ said Senate President Thomas Birming-
¯
ham, D-Chelsea.
¯ The full Senate is scheduled to vote on
¯ the bill soon. It is also expected to vote on
¯" bills that would allow Cambridge and
¯ Brookline to extend domesticpartner ben-
" efits to their employees.
Opponents of domestic partner benefits
¯
say they places homosexual relationships
: on the same level as heterosexual mar-
" riages. They also say that giving nnmar-
¯ ried heterosexual couples the same ben-
" efits as married couples weakens theinsti-
¯ tution of marriage.
¯ In 1998, the Legislature passed a bill
"- allowing Boston to provide the benefits -
¯
known as a"home rule petition" - but the
¯ bill was vetoed by former Gov. Paul
Cdlucci.
Conne .
Kelly Kirb.y, CPA,
Certified Public Accountant
a professional corPoration
Lesbians and Gay men face many special
tax situations whether single or as. couples¯
Electronic filing is available for faster refunds.
747-5466
SOuth Harvard Avenue, Suite 210, Tulsa 74135
:¯ HIV ACtiViStS Educate Online
¯ ~AMI (AP) - Lighted by the blue glow
¯" of a portable computer, Marc Cohen is
¯
blazing a new trail in AIDS awareness. He
: logs on to the Intemet, surfs into a busy
chat room and uses his screen name -
¯
hivoutreachmiami@aol.com- to answer
¯ questions aboutAIDS, hepatitis and other
¯ sexually transmitted diseases.
"Awareness Alert," he types in bold
¯
letters. "Miami is now secondinthenation
¯ for syphilis infection. Wilton Manors has
¯ hadan outbreak, too. STDand HIV screen-
, ings can be done free of charge."
"We are not the sex police," said Cohen,
¯ president of the United Foundation for-
¯ AIDS, a South Beach-based group-that
offers counseling; HIV screening and
¯
therapy to people with the AIDS virus that
¯ causes AIDS.
¯ With the AIDS epidemic in its third ¯
decade, Cohen and a cadre of national
¯
AIDS prevention advocates are invading
: chat rooms to get the attention of those
¯ most at risk of HIV infection. It’ s an ap-
: proach that counselors and health Officials
¯ from San Francisco to South Beach be¯
lieve is working. Finding new ways to
reach the (principal) at-risk groups - de-
" fined as young Gay and Bisexual men,
¯ especially blacks - has been a focus of
¯ AIDS awarenes~ conferences. ¯
As chat-room counselors, they answer-
" questions about HIV, hepatitis and syphi-
¯ lis that many would feel uncomfortable
¯ asking in person or on the phone. The ¯
Internet provides anonymity. "We treat it
~ as an opportunity for in-depth individual
education," said Joseph Interrante, execu¯
tive director of Tennessee’ s Nashville
CARES, an AIDS organization with staff
¯ members dispensing information in chat
¯ rooms. "The education actually becomes
¯ an online counseling session." ¯
Increasingly, warnings andAIDS statis-
¯ tics have fallen on the deaf ears of a
¯ younger, more reckless generation, health
officials say. This summer, the U.S. Cen-
¯
ters for Disease Control and Prevention
¯ reported that among young men who have
¯ sex with other men, 4.4% - about 1 in 25 ¯
- get HIV. That’ s the same infection rate
: asin the 1980s, before AIDS prevention
¯ methods andresearchtookroot. In Florida,
¯ blacks accounted for almost six of every
: 10 new cases of HIV infection in the past
¯ four years.
: Another trend: syphilis outbreaks in
¯ Wilton Manors, South Beach and Liberty
-" City. Health officials say thegrowing num-
," bers are a signal mean thatGay and Bi-
: sexual men are encouraged by news of
¯ powerfully effective drug cocktails and
longerlife spans and are less worried about
", HIV infection.
¯ "The oldmodds do notwork," said Jeff ¯
Wilkinson of the South Beach AIDS
¯
Project, where staff members cruise chat
: rooms as sobequest @aol.com. They an-
¯ swer questions and ask others to share ¯
what they learn. "The more the pebble hits
¯
the pond, the more it ripples out."
¯ Cohen says he spends at least 25 hours a
¯ week online as hivoutreachmiami on
: America Online. His online profile gives
¯ information about syphilis, how itis trans-
" mitted sexually., symptoms and telephone
numbers to call for testing. He logs on in
the afternoon and during peak chatting
times, after 7 p.m. till until as late as 2 a.m.
Since Cohen started the online campaign
in June, he has seen the number of
people who ask for HIV tests grow from a
handful to a dozen or more a night. He
takes their phone numbers, calls them and
walks them through explains the process.
He is training two volunteers to help.
"So much that went on in bathhouses and
publicparks now takes place in chatrooms,
where people meet to engage in unsafe sex
from the comfort of their living room,’"
Cohen said. "It’s opening a tremendous
dialogue in this town."
Some Blood Donors
Get Surprise
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Shocked by the
terrorist attacks in Washington and New
York, thousands havelinedupthepast two
weeks to give blood.
Now, some of those donors are the ones
asking for help. Because many people are
donating blood for the first time, more
people have learned that they have viral
diseases such as hepatitis, syphilis and
even AIDS.
Since the mid-1980S, blood has been
tested for viral diseases such as AIDS and
hepatitis, andprospective donors have been
screened for risky behavior such as intravenous
drug use. Now, with so many more
people learning they are infected, disease
hoflines have experienced an increase in
calls from donors seeking help. "They’re
really panic-stricken. They have no idea
what it means," said Thelma King Thiel,
chairman of Hepatitis Foundation International.
More than 22,000 units of blood have
been donated in the Carolinas blood services
region of the American Red Cross
since Sept. 11, spokeswoman Debbie Estes
said. The organization collected twice as
much blood as normal the week of the
attacks and donations are running about
20% to 30% more than usual every day,
Estes said. Offices are staffed 24 hours a
day and donors have been asked to make
appointments for later this fall.
Since the attacks, more than 330,000
people nationally have donated blood to
the American Red Cross, said Dr. Peter
Page, senior medical officer for the Red
Cross. The Red Cross, which supplies
about half the blood in the country, was
collecting two to three times more blood
than normal the week after the attack and
about 11/2 times more last week.
Just over 1% of donors test positive for
infections, Pagesaid. Onein20,000 wholeblood
donors to the American Association
of Blood Banks will test positive for antibodies
to HIV, said Sara Foer, spokeswoman
for the American Association of
Blood Banks in Maryland. One in 2,500
will test positive for hepatitis B and one in
500 for hepatitis C, she said.
ButThiel says itmay be goodfor donors
to find out they are infected. ’’The tests and
screens in tiff s blood drive are a good thing
for them," Thiel said. "Otherwise they
may go blissfully on their way not knowing
~ey are infected, spreading the disease.
by TFN entertainment editor
Tulsa’ s Theatre Arts will present Lionel
Bart’ s"Oliver!" outin the country atTulsa
Community College’ s PACE Theatre at
81st Street and Highway 169 from December
14th - 22nd. The production will
be directed by Jon Grodeski of NYC and
will star as "Fagin," Jamie Farr wall
known for playing
"Klinger"intelevision’ s
M.A.S.H. series.
Tulsa Family News is
delighted to note that
TFN writer and former
entertainment editor,
James Christjotm, has
been cast in the characterof"
Mr. Sowerberry,"
the undertaker that
Oliver is sold to before
he ends up in London as
Fagin’s prot~g6 pickpocket.
And on December
6th, Theatre Arts will
host "An Evening With
~Iamie Farr," at the PACE at 7pm, where
the actor will speak about his life and
career, and take audience questions. Please
call 595-777 for ticket information.
Charles Dickens’ novel,"OliverTwist,"
is the basis forLionel Bart’ s musical Oliver!
Dickens began the novel as a magazine
serial that ran in a London.monthly for
more thantwo years beginning in 1837. Its
popularitywas so greatthatDickensrushed
it to completion for publication - in three
volumes ~-in 1838. Still, the serial continued
to run for more than six months after
the publication of the book. Some wellknown
songs from the show include
"Where Is Love," "Consider Yourself,"
"Who Will Buy," "As Long as He Needs
Me," and many others.
The story of Oliver Twist begins in. a
seedy workhouse where he and the other
orphans are kept by Mr. Bumble and
Widow Comey. When Oliver asks for
morefood, Bumbleis enraged and decides
to sdl the boy. Mr. Sowerberry, the undertaker,
buys him, but Oliver is terrified of
the man and his coffins and runs away.
TheArtful Dodgerandhis gangofyoung
street thieves find Oliver woandering the
"...Tulsa
Family News
is delighted to
note that TFN
writer and former
entertainment editor,
James Christjohn, has
been east in the
character.., of the
undertaker..."
." streets of London and take him to the
¯ master pickpocket, Fagin. That training
~ quickly lands Oliver in jail, where he is
" rescuedby Mr. Brownlow,arichold gentle-
[ man who takes the boy into his home.
¯ Meanwhile, Fagin and his cohorts - Bill
¯
Sikes and Nancy - fearful of being in-
[ criminated by thelad, plot his kidnapping.
Nancy abducts him but
then is overcome with
guilt and attempts his
return to Brownlow.
Suspecting her kind
(and traitorous) intentions,
Sikes kills Nancy.
He grabs Oliver but is
foiled by the amval of
the police Finally,
Oliver is safely returned
to the arms of his benefactor,
who proves to
be his own grandfather.
Oliver! (the
name shortened for
Broadway) became a
partof themusical stage
¯ repertoire in 1960, written in total by the
¯¯ multitalented Lionel Bart, who crafted the book, the music and the lyrics. With Ron
¯ Moody. as Fagin and Georgia Brown as
¯ Nancy, Oliver! opened in London on June
: 30, 1960,and ran until September 9, 1966,
¯ foratotal of2,618 performances - making
¯ it the longest-running musical in British
¯ theatre.
¯ This production marks Christjohn’ s re-
" turn to the stage after a long absence.
¯ "Therewas apoint that I thought the talent, ¯
the gift, the ability hadleft me. SoI shut. the
¯ dooronthatdream."Ironically,thatdream
¯ began as a young boy, when he was taken
¯ to his first liveproduction- aperformance ¯
of "Oliver!" at Theatre Under The Stars
; (TUTS), in Houston, Texas. Christjoha
¯ notes, "I remember seeing the little boy
¯ singing "Where Is Love," and identifying
; completdy. I also was filled with wonder
¯ at’the ’magic’ of seeing London appear
; when they sang ’Who Will Buy?’, and
¯ seeing the city literally fly in from left,
¯
right, andabove. Andlknew then I wanted
¯ to be a l~art of that, to help make the magic
¯ happen. And I wanted the applause that
kid was getting!" Info: 595-7777.
Tulsa’ s Performing .Mas Center Trust
celebrates its 25thznniversary season with
a number of great performers. At the end
of October, on the 30th, the usually staid
and fairly stodgy Chapman Music Hall
will host nothing less than a circus!
Quebec’ s Cirque Eloize (that’ s said,"elwas")
and the Tulsa Philharmonic will
combine classical music with circus spectacular:
aerials, haru~s work,and feats of
strength (and I’m sure men and women in
fights,, could Lesbians and Gay men want
anything more.’?).
Cirque Eloize began in 1993 as part of
the "Cirque Nouveau" movement that
sprung from Quebec. Seven then recent
graduates of Montreal’ s National Circus
School began thecompany which drew on
¯ the Eurotx~tn, animal-free style of circus ¯
combining theater, music and dance.
¯ Cirque Eloize quickly gained acclaim
¯ forits acrobatics, and choreography. After
." touring Canada and the US, then in the
." United Kingdom, France and Ireland, Cir-
- que Eloize garnered rave reviews from
¯ London’ s Sunday Times, "... hauntingly
¯ heart-catching.., conjur[ing] up the spirit
¯ of a medieval fair..." and from The
." Scotsman in Edinburgh, "pure dead bill-
" liant.., this is circus with atmosphere,
¯ poetry, humor and above all, hear~..." ¯
The music ranges from Rimski-
: Korsakov, Sibelius, Grieg, Saint-Sachs,
¯ Rachmaninov and more. This is a don’ t
: miss performance. Call 596-7111 or800-
¯ 364-7111 for information or tickets.
The Twilight
of the Golds
What happens when a young couple finds
thru’ genetic testing that their unborn child
might be Gay and how their conflict about
whether to keep the child affects
the young mother’s Gay brother¯
Oct. 26th- Nov. 4th
Broken Arrow
Community Playhouse
Only 1,487 miles offBroadway
In the Main Place, 1800 South Main
258-0077 for tickets and info.
THE GILDED AGE
Treasuresfrom the Smitbsonian American Art.MuSeum
SEPTEMBER -- 4 .NOVEMBER 200I
THE PHILBROOK MUSEUM OF ART
2727 SOUTH ROCKFORD ROAD
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - For a while,
entertainer Ha Ri-soo seemed to be everywhere:
in a film, in a music video, in ads
for makeup and wedding gowns. Television
talk shows couldn’ t get enough of the
sex symbol and her sensual dances. People
gabbed abouther athome andonthestreet,
in offices and coffee shops.
No wonder. Ha, 26, is a transsexual.
While sex change operations are old
news from the United States to Thailand,
they’re a novelty in
South Korea, where
Confucian ideals of illial
piety and a maledominatedhierarchyare
strong. So it was starfling
when Ha surged to
thetopofSouth Korea’ s
entertainment industry
this year.
"I think the society
and cnlture is changing
in Korea and it should
change," Ha said in an
interview at a beauty
salon, her hair in curlers
as makeup artists
dabbedherface with lipstick,
eyeliner andpowoperations
are old
news from the United
States to Thailand,
they’re a novelty in
South Korea, where
Confucian ideals of
filial piety and a
mah-domlnated hierarchy
are strong°. 2
character is a transsexual woman who
works as an express delivery worker by
day and moonlights as a singer. The movie
title alludes to the bleached blond look that
some young South Koreans adopt to be
rebellious.
"I chose the fi~m because I went through
a lot and I wa~ed to look back on those
days," Ha s~d. "I wanted to break the
stereotype of transsexuals - the demureness
and extreme weakness with which
they are often portrayed."
Ha’s autobiography,
~’From Adam to Eve,"
also failed to make the
best sdler list.
She got her sexchange
operation several
years ago in Japan,
where she studied hairstyling.
While in high
school, she had taken
female hormone injections
and was exempted
frommill tary service on
grounds of "mental illness."
South Korean
men must serve 26
der. "Transsexuals haven’t killed or
cheated anyone. Why should they be mistreated
when they haven’ t done anything
wrong to others?" She said.
Many South Koreans agree, but their
fascination with Ha reflects .as much prurience
as tolerance for the maverick. In a
country where women flock to clinics for
cosmetic surgery, Ha fits right in.
"I think she is popular because of her
charm and looks,, said Jeon Dong-ki, a
male university student. "It doesn’ t.mean
that people’ s prejudices against Gays and
transsexuals have changed as wall."
Ha’ s overheated presence inpop culture
has cooled some recently, and she’s had
mixed success. She appeared in "Ydlow
Hair 2," a movieabout people on society’ s
fringes that failed at the box office. Her
¯ months in the armed forces, a precau-
¯¯ tion in the event of conflict with communist
North Korea. ’¢Fhink about it: What
¯ would happen to the. military’ s discipline
¯ if a man with breasts went into the mili-
~ tary?" Ha said, laughing.
¯
Her sex changewas toughonherfamily,
¯ particularly in a society that covets male
¯ offspring. Ha said she played with dolls as
¯ a child, and her frustrated father eventu-
¯ ally accepted her femininity.
¯ Ha’ s career took off in January with a
television ad for cosmetics, but it’s un-
." dearhowlong she’ 11 stay in thepubliceye.
¯ Some religious leaders have denounced ¯
her. "It makes me angry that the media is
-." trying to make something ’abnormal’ ap-
¯ pear normal," said Lee I-Iee-ja, a 58-yearold
housewife.
Saturday, October 20, the historic town
of Medicine Park will host the first annual
DrumFest. Organizers hope to attractmore
than 800 drummers to this eventinhope of
breaking the current Guirmess Book of
World Records.
Medicine Park is located at the main
entry to the Wichita Mountains Wildlife
Refuge, the second most visited wildlife
refuge in the country - hosting almost 2
million annual visitors. The community
has a rich and colorful history. Originally
founded on July 4th, 1908- Medicine Park
was Oklahoma’s first planned tourism resort,
Medicine Park was once the "playground"
of the state’s rich, famous and
notorious. Folks would come to town for
the weekend and leave their "work-a-day"
world, troubles and reputations behind
them. Outlaws and horsethieves mixed
with noted politicians and businessmen,
families and socialites. The pages of the
¯ town’s colorful history are filled with the
¯ -likes of Teddy Roosevelt, Will Rogers,
¯ Wiley Post, Frank Phillips, Bob Wills, A1
¯ Capone, Col. Jack Abernathy, Lil Hardin,
Bonny & Clyde, Pretty Boy Floyd, Les
¯ Brown, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans and
¯ countless others.
: Ok Spoke Bike Rides
¯ All these rides begin at Ziegler Recre-
¯ ation Park, 3903West Fourth Street, at the ¯
parking lot. All rides are open to GLBT
¯ people and those who are Gayffriendly.
¯ OnOct. 6andOct. 13,there will bea20-
¯ 25mile rides beginning at 7:30am, helmet ¯ and water bottle required. Lateron the 6th,
¯ there is also 5 mile ride along the Sand
¯ Springs Trail beginning at 2pro. And on ¯
Oct. 13, therewillbea5mileridealongthe
¯ Arkansas River Trail starting at 2pro.
For more information, contact
¯ Okiebicycle@prodigy.net, orwrite to POB
9165, Tulsa 7~157.
by LamontLindstrom : the not-unhappy looking bin Laden.
The Internet slowed to a crawl on Sep- ¯ Whether F.rnpire State Building as phaltember
1 lth. People crowded the system ¯ lus, or middle finger as phallus, these folk
with messages and postings about that : imagesconceivemale-on-maleintercourse
day’ s death and destruction. We turned to ¯ as appropriate revenge. Osama-"screws"
email,chatrooms,lists,dis- ,, America; we screw him
cussion groups and clubs
to discuss, mourn, be angry
or be reflective about
the attacks: The older media
- newspapers, telephones,
radio, television -
still carry the bulk of our
words andimagery. Butthe
Internet further speeds and
spreads national (and international)
conversation,
intensifying this exchange.
.. And exchange still continues.
Since September
1 lth, I have been collecting
folk-produced images
that respond to the attacks.
These, like the Interuet’ s
bothersome chain letters
and bad jokes, are still
bouncing from site to site,
person toperson. Computer
imaging software (Photoshop
and the like) and the
WWW facilitate this outburst
of creative reaction.
Years ago, one of my
anthropology professors,
U.C. Berkeley folklorist
¯ . . equations d sex
and vlolenee are so
familiar, so
embedded in our
language and
culture, as to be
unremarkable. But
we should remark
them, at least
occasionally.
First, if we can think
it we can do it - this
is anthropology’s
message about the
power of cultural
understandings to
shape behavior..."
Alan Dundes, along with Carl Pagter published
a collection of Urban Folklore from
the Paperwork Empire (1975). Such "paper
folklore" consisted of joke letters,
memos, cartoons, drawings, and the like
that people produced and circulated using
an earlier technology -the office copy
machine: As soon as photocopiers became
a standard business appliance, people copied
and recopiedjoke memos and cartoons
that spread from office to office, and cubicle
to cubicle. Today, the Internet, like
the photocopy machine, spreads our responses
to the everyday world, and to
tragic national events.
Much of the attack-related folklore
flooding the Internet is patriotic, affirming
the goodness and the spirit of Ainerica.
Images of U.S. flags, pictures of candles
andribbons, upliftingpoems, and recycled
Canadian newspaper columns lauding
American generosity probably filled your
email boxes, as they did mine.
Other imagery, less warm-hearted, portrays
anger and revenge. Two of the folk
images that ended up in my email box
particularly caught my eye. Both strum
American cultural chords that blur violence
with sex. The first depicts a reconstructed
World Trade Center. Instead of
the Twin Towers, however, this features
five towers in a row, like fingers. The
middle tower sticks up highest into the air.
This folk image rebuilds the WTC as "the
bird," flipping off m~icious Osama bin
Laden and his terrorists.
The secondimageis ruder. In this "jpg,"
Osama’ s turbaned head is superimposed
on a nude, muscular body that bends forward.
Coming in behind is the Fxnpire
State Building. Its pointy tower sodomizes
right back.
Theserepresentations of
skyscraper as phallus (or
dildo) are no metaphorical
accident. Beyond the
deaths of 6500 innocents,
some of ,amaerica’s rage
certainly stems from this
symbolism. Osama’s hijackedplanes
ftrst appeared
to circumcise both the
mighty shafts of the WTC,
slicing into theirheads. But
then, ~brribly, the towers
collapsed completely and
New York, and America,
suffered an awful castration.
Actually, the WTC had
already lost its Big Man
claims. Since 1998,the tallest
buildings in the world
are the twin Petronas Towers
in KualaLumpur, Malaysia.
Their edifice is bigger
than our edifice. But
luckily, New York has in
hand a backup tool - the
Empire State Building
¯ (once again the tallest in the city) - that,
symbolically, can stick it to Osama.
¯ Mass murderers need be brought to jus-
¯ tice, but what does it mean when werepresentjustice
(or perhaps revenge) as homo-
" sexual anal intercourse? The penis, more
¯ than a tool , becomes awcapon. Andsexual
". intercourse, .rather than an act of love,
¯ becomes one of rape or war. I penetrate
¯ you, and thereby I dominate you.
~ These equations of sex and violence are
¯ so familiar, so embedded in our language
¯ and culture, as to be unremarkable. But we
¯ should remark them, at least occasionally.
¯ First, if we can think it we can do it - this
¯" is anthropology’ s messageaboutthepower
¯
of cultural understandings to shape behav-
¯
lOt.
¯¯ Currently, two 14-year-old boys are in
custody here in Tulsa. They, along with
". other members of their freshman football "
: team, anally raped one of their young
¯ teammates with a broom handle in their
high ~chool locker room. This is Tulsa’s
: teenaged version of the Abner Louima
: case. New York cops likewise wielded
¯ broom as dildo to prove their manliness. ¯
(The Empire State Building, presumably, -
¯ was unavailable.) Our folk fantasies of
¯ homosexual rape are far more likely to be
¯ realized here in America than in Afghani- ¯
start.
¯ Second, all those "sex = war," and "pe-
¯ uis = weapon," metaphors are danger-
. ously slippery. What, exactly, are we say-
" ing when we admit a desire to sodomize
: Osama? Where does violent hatred end
¯ and erotic desire begin? Dildos also are
: toys, and sex (of whatever sort) is play
¯ more often than it is aggression. Are we
: then to pleasure Osama to death?
Timothy W. Daniel
Attorney at Law
An Attorney who will fight for justice
& equality for Gays & Lesbians
Domestic Partnership Planning,
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College Hill
Presbyterian Church
In response to God’ s Love,
College Hill Presbyterian Church
is a community of God’ s people
called to tell others the
Gospel of Jesus Christ
through worship,
service, and evangelism.
To nurture our faith, we gather for
w.orship~ prayer,
study and fellowship.
Trusting in a living, loving God,
we seek to become a compassionate
voice for peace andjustice.
Our congregation welcomes all
persons who respond in trust and
obedience to God’ s grace
in Jesus Christ, and desire to become
part of the membership and ministry
of Christ’ s church.
Membership is open to all people
regardless of race, ethnic origin,
worldly condition, marital status, or
sexual orientation.
Sunday Worship, 1 lam
712 S. Columbia Ave., 592-5800
(One block west of Delaware and the
University of Tulsa Campus)
Tulsa’s only
professional
body-piercing
is an alternative worship
experience that
celebrates the mystery
and wonder of life,
without telling you
what to believe.
Soulful
Sundown
combines live music,
inspirational readings,
video, and audience
~articipation to create a
rand new experience.
Soulful
Sundown
happens at All Souls
Unitarian Church at
5:3oPM on Sundays. Join
us. on Oct. 7, 14, 21 and
3oth.
All people are welcome!
All Souls Unitarian Church
z95z S. Peoria, 743-z363
And it’s only 20 years now that our
oldest community organization, indeed
Oklahoma’ s oldest non-religious community
non-profit, Tulsa Oklahomans for
Human Rights, TOHR, has been around.
Any one want to bethow many more years
it will be until these groups figure out that
we exist?
It is in the end this: you are either part of
the solution, or you are part of the problem.
AndTulsais filled with those who are
not part of the solution. ~Ihey are our
mayor and most of our city councilors:
certainly they are Tulsa’ s business elite:
the ChamberofCommerce staffand board
and especially some of Tulsa Area United
Way’ s board and staff for whom I have
little doubt that Dante notes a special place
in hell; and they are TU’s unrepentent
bigot president and those prominent
Tulsans who selectedhim despitehis documented
prejudice. And it will take all these
individuals deciding that they are going to
be part of the solution rather than part of
the problem for Tulsa ever to be that which
it hopes to be.
In the meantime, I hope that Muslim
Tulsans will be safe and if God really
moves their hearts that Tulsa Muslims
might actually take their horrible experience
as being this moment’s America’s
hated "other" and will try to be do for Gay
and Lesbian Americans that what they
would have done for themselves.
Average Gays and Lesbians feel much
more in me with the American people in
the spirit of "united we stand."
For those weaned on identity politics, it
will be hard to verbalize or imagine an
America where they can speak from a
"united we stand" perspective, but this
new period will require it. We still have
challenges as Gay Americans, but the terrorist
agenda of America’ s enemies is far
more dangerous to Gay Americans than
anything we face within our own society.
These terrorists have come to our country
to murder us, and hope to eradicate our
way of life in all its forms. The Taliban of
Afghanistan, who is harboring these terrorists,
believe that homosexuality is a
crimepunishablebya sadisticdeath, which
is meted out with pride in their society.
More than ever, we should welcome the
chance to serve in defense of liberty. We
should document carefully the success of
Gay soldiers. This act of patriotism, of the
willingness to die for our country, is precisely
why the current military policy is
wrong. Our determination will be hugely
educational to an American public who
views our motives on this issue with suspicion.
We will demonstrate with action the
moral absurdity of the old policy and it
will cave-in under that moral weight.
Steve May, the hero who fought the
"don’t ask, don’t tell" policy and won, is
on message now. He said recently that it is
an obligation ofevery Gay servicemember
to acceptthe country’ s call to serve. United
we stand today, and the military’ s policy
on Gays has divided us as Americans.
We now can look at new, real heroes.
I’m g!ad Mark Bingham was such a strong
man m body and soul. He took brave
action with a small group of men and
womenwho answered the call ofservice in
that moment of crisis, sacrificing their
lives to save maybe thousands of others to
thwart the murderous actions of those who
want to destroy our country.
Can we find a maturity and resolve
inside ourselves that we have neglected
for so long, and defiaonstrate that unity
means equality? Surely, as we look
squarely at ourenemies, and see the face of
brutality and hatred that stares back at all
of us, that hates freedom and liberty in any
form and would annihilate Gays and Lesbians
at the first opportunity, the answers
to these questions become dear.
Buchanan has said that he approved the
domestic partner policy in order to keep
the county competitive in recruiting and
retaining the best employees possible. He
was not required to get the commissioners’
approval beforehand, although he did
discuss it with them.
Domestic partner benefits are common
among many of Wichita’ s major employers,
such as Boeing Co. Such benefits also
are routinely offered by government agencies
on both coasts. However, in a stretch
of the country from the Mississippi River
to Arizona, domestic partner benefits are
offered by local governments in only four
metropolitan areas: Denver; Albuquerque;
Austin, Texas; and Iowa City, Iowa.
"Nationwide, it’ s been going on for a
good while," Norton said. "But in the
Midwest, we’re probably a little far up on
the curve. Whether you call it Midwest
values or Moral Majority or whatever you
call it, I think that’ s what you have to deal
with in the Midwest."
Commissioner Tom Winters said last
week that he would back Buchanan’ s action
because it was within the manager’s
area ofresponsibility tomake suchchanges.
Commissioner Betsy Gwin said Monday
that she initially saw the policy as a
business decision to make the county a
more attractive employer and to "show
some sort of compassionate understanding
for all people." Now, she said She is
undecided after receiving about 50 phone
calls and e-mails, all but one in opposition
to the policy.
One event raises about 4.4% of the annual
budget for the Hoosier Trails Council. A
Boy Scouts spokesman told The Republic
that scouting programs in the county may
have to be scaled back if they cannot find
a replacement for Cummins’ funding.
But a company statement said that the
en.gine, manufacturer’s executives were
revzewmg their contributions to reflect the
corporation’ s values. This was not the first
time the company has confronted criticism
regarding its policies. Last year,
Cummins’ decision to extend partner benefits
to employees’ same- and oppositesex
partners was met with anger by some
employees and shareholders.
Helga’ Horribles present the
Rocky Horror
Pictu re Show
followed by the
Time Warp Ball
Saturday, October 27
8pm midnight
Doubletree Hotel Downtown
616 West Seventh
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Gay Pride Events ¯ 13710,. Shah.een, then a senator, voted for the bill. Avoiding"
anothdr"potential~.Sen~d~feat last year, the House ~oted last : shefirstbecamein-
¯ volved, the com- . year to study the issue further. . ¯ reunifywasmoreor ¯ Rep. William McCann, the bill’s prime sponsor, cited the ¯
OETAToAir ProgramOnGay Hero . church’s new backing and Shaheen’s stance as two keys in : less just the clubs.
TULSA ~ The Pride Center/Tttlsa :Oklahomans for ¯ .winning passage Tuesday. "When the comer office isn’t oppos- Around197! , some
Human Rights have announced a partial-schedule for " tng you, it makes a difference," he said. ."
people involved
the 1997 Pride Events. In Tulsa, there will be a Pride " This year, the diocese played a key role in turning the tide by " with a Metropoli-
March & Picnic on Saturday, June 14. The. March is ¯ offering a compromise that provides the same prot,,ections but ¯ Tay Clare, director of the tan Community
planned to begin at 1 l:30am from near the Homeland says th~ statedoes nOt:approveofany sexual lifestyle other than " Free Spirit Woman’s Center Church in Okla-
Store at Gilcrease Road &Edison St. to Owen Park " the traditional marriage-based family." Supporters in the gallery : and longtime Tulsa activist, homa City wanted
(Edison St. at Quanah)where the Pride Picnic will be : cheered when the vote was annoullced. ¯ - tOhelporganizeone
held from noon to 5pro. There will be brief opening : Shaheen’s signature will make New Hampshire the 10th state i idninTesulsbae.foCrlearseherecdaelclsidbedei,n~gegterlL~~edpghionngeldy, steovegraelt
ceremonies from 12-12:30. The picnic is BYOF (bring ¯ to offer such protections. Rhode Island, Wisconsin, Massachu- ¯
your own food) but as in the past, refreshments donated : set.ts, Connecticut, Hawaii, California, New Jersey, Vermont and :: involved ,with what became MCC-Greater Tulsa.
by Pepsi, Coors, Miller & Bud will be served. Commu- ; . Mmnesotaalsobardiscriminationagainstgays~Mainehaspassed: gEraorulypmweeenttintghrsowugehre~thheeldStaepths etorwhoaurdsebaescothmeinngewa
nity organizations are encouraged to set up booths (call ¯ a similar bill. for information about suggested donation: 743-4297) .¯ Thebill, which passed the House 205-125, :adds sexual often- ... dcoifnfgerreegnat tlioocna,tioAnfst:e. rOsnoemweastitmhee,ptuhbeligcrloiburparmy,eatnadt
Vollyball and tennis courts are available. It should be : tation to existing anti:discrimination protections based on age, . another was the old "street school:’ .whereappar-
"family fun" for all. sex, race~ color, ethnicbac.kground, physical0rmentaldisability, ¯ ently several other congregadom:also met. Clare
Several Tulsa congregations will be holdingPride marital stems, religious or political beliefs. It also protects state
Worship Services. At this time,.the following are con- : workers. Complaints would be filed with thestate Human Rights ! jokes that for a while it was the Catholics at 10am
~
firmtd: a service at Community Unitarian Universalist ¯ Commission. Existing exemptions for small family businesses . .aanndotlhdebHaormonosAexdumailrsaal tw1h1i.cLhatreeretkheedgorofubpe.erernatnedd
Congregation on June 1 st, 1 lam, see Pride, page 13 ." and some rentals would not be affected. See Rights, page 12 . cigarettes but~.: .see Clare, page 3
i arriage Updat.p i_,u!sa sG sWet i ’
Latest omRawaii i At Cracker Barrel ProjectGetTogetherlnsurance
HONOLULU(AP)-Thestateiscitingtradition:moral : TULSA= A few’months ago, Cracker Barrel-finally came to : Continuation Program, NOW
Values, propagation and recognition of the state s mar- : town. And at 5 pm on a Saturday, the place isjammed and looks
riage law by other-governments.m its appeal in the ." mighty like an AARP convention. Cracker B,,a~r~el serves up a : Events, HIV/AIDS Advocacy/
same-sex mamag~ case. Butthe state dropped its focus i homespun, Appalhchian image, complete with Country Store"
on children inits opening brief t0the :~t~’Supreme But less wholesom"e wa.s the.corpo.ratio.n s w.ritten.poli"cy a few" : Education + the Oklahoma
Court..nuring a trial last fall, the state focusedon the y~arsagooffLdnganywhoisLesbian, GayorBi Cracker Barrel : State Legislature, IAM Benefit well-being of e.hildren as the compelling reason to ban : specifically fired 28 individuals under this policy. The firm : .
same-sexmamage. CircuitJudgeKevinChangruledin " received tremendous negative publicity for its actions and one ..
December that the state had failed to offer a compelling : fired employee latertestified to Congress about the need forjobs : -
reason to continue its ban on mamag¢ for same-sex ~ protectiom. : ProjectGetTogether;alocal social services agency
couples. : Somedme after Cracker Barrel suffered not only bad press, but : is administering aTCAP, Tulsa Community AIDS
Deputy Attorney General Dorothy Sellers said the ¯ also boycotts and lunch counter sit-ins in the Aflanta area, the Partnership grant.to assist qualified HIV÷ indistate
was filing a 35-page appeal brief. Dan Foley, : firm issued this statement in early 1991: "in the past, we have i viduals in maintaining their existing healthinsurattorney
for the three same-sex couples who sued for the : ~ always responded to the values and wishes of our customers. Our : ance. The funds are limited and the recipients will
fight to marry, said the state’s brief doesn’t address the " recent position on the emp!oyment of homosexuals in a limited : be chosen by lottery. The first lottery will be held
facts in Chang’s ruling. He said it also dwells on " number of stores may have been a well-intentioned over reaction ¯ on May 30th. Further applications will be accepted
arguments previously rejected seeUpdate,page 13 : to the pereeived values of our customers see Cracker, page8 : as funding permits. For information, contact the Hope Candlelight Tou,r+ i Insurance. Continuafion Fund at Project Get To_
." ¯ gether, 2020 S. Maplewood, Tulsa 74112, or call
835-2910.
Foll es Revue Benefits WASHINGTON (AP) - President Clinton intends to ~o National Organization for Women, Tulsa
lobby for passage of legislation that would outlaw Chapter will be honoring their Feminist of the
employment discrimination against homosexuals. TULSA - June will see twomajor fundraisers that benefit orga_ ¯ Year, Barbara Santee on Friday, May 30 at the Clinton held a closed half-hour White House meeting Living Arts Center ofTulsa at 19E. Brady at 7pm. nizations which provide HIV/AIDS care and support. The first Santee who is executive, director of Oklahoma
Thursday with the bill’s sponsors and gay and civil event is the 7th annual Hope Candle Light Tour which raises :
rights advocates. "Individuals should not be denied a funds for St. Joseph Residence, a hospice facility run by Catholic ." NARAL, theNorthAmericanAbortionandRepro_ ductive Rights Action League, also:serves on the
job on the basis of something that has no relationship to Charities and for RAIN, the Regional AIDS Interfaith Network. ¯
their ability to perform their work," Clinton said in a Oklahoma American Civil see Soon, page 8 HopeCandleLightTourprovidesopportunities for several levels
¯ statement. "This is wrong." of patronage. Hope Candle Light Tour has raised more than one °
Conservative groups say they will fight the legisla- million dollars and was founded by Pat Gordon and Charles ¯
I N S i D .E.
tion, arguing that it unfairly forces employers to have Faudree. This year’s honorary chairperson is Alice Rogers.
lnappropliate, on-the~job discussions about sexuality All are welcome to attend the home tour on Saturday, June 7th,
and gives homosexuals an advantage in hiring. The bill 10-5pm and Sunday, June 8th, 1-5pm. For the $10 donation, " EDITORIAL/DIRECTORY P. 2
exempts small businesses, the military, religious orga- attendees can see the homes of Judy & Paul Kantor at 3040 S. US & WORLD NEWS P. 4 " HEALTH NEWS -~ ~15. S. nizations and schools or educational institutions run by Wheeling, Doug & Susan Pielsficker at 3032 S. Trenton, Larry & ¯ HEALTH & WELLNESS COLUMN P.7 religious groups. Myma Seale at 2624 E. 33rd St. and also see the homes of ARTS NOTES P. 8 The legislation bars employers fromusing aworker’s
community members, Jared Bruce and Bruce Schultz at 1915 S. " COMMUNITY CALENDAR P. 9 sexual orientation as a factor in decisions on hiring or .Xanthus and Tour co-founder, Charles Faudree at 2121 E. 32 St. " BOOK REVIEW P. 10
firing, promotion or compensation. The Senate rejected~ :: Tickets are available at any of these homes. RESTAURANT REVIEW P. 1,1
the .bill in September see ENDA, page 3 . A Donor Party will be held on June 5th see Hope, page 3 "
GLA~IFIED~ P. 14
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A week or so ago, I was in a mid-town Tulsa neighborhood to
drop off some papers to a friend. And as I left his house, I was
driving slowly because there was just a host of children enjoying
the warm, late afternoon sun, running in and out of the street.
These kids ranged from 1st or 2rid grade up to early teens and
were a mix of colors of beige, brown and black. They seemed to
all be playing together. Doesn’t it sound like a hopeful scene for
thefutureofthis city dividedby race, ethnicity, sexual orientation
and more?
That was my impression until as I turned the corner to head
: back to Lewis. Then I heard two little girls, one white, one black
¯ yelling at each other in play. Bu! ,w,,h,at one said to the other was,
"get away from me you ’faggit ! These two were among the
: youngest of the troupe, clearly not old enough to have any real
idea of what they were saying. Faggot wasjust a term of ultimate
¯ derision.
: Did this young child learn this .term of hate at home from her
parents? Since she happened to be the African-American girl, I
would like to think that her parents who likely have suffered
: through racist indignities would not have taught her another hate
¯ word - though I don’t think we can assume that. It’s just as
¯ possible that shelearned it from the school yard despite not being
: old enough to have been in school see Babes, this page
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*Bamboo Lounge, 7204 E. Pine
*Concessions, 3340 S. Peoria
*Lola’s, 2630 E. 15th
*Gold Coast Coffee House, 3509 S. Peoria
*The Palate Cafe & Catering, 3324G E. 31st
*St. Michael’s Alley Restaurant, 3324-L E. 31st
*Samson & Ddilah Restaurant, 10 E. Fifth
*Silver Star Saloon, 1565 Sheridan
*Renegades/Rainbow Room, 1649 S. Main
*TNT’s, 2114 S. Memorial
*Tool Box, 1338 E. 3rd
*Interurban Restaurant, 717 S Houston
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745-9899
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Tulsa Businesses, Services, & Professionals
Advanced Wireless & PCS, Digital Cellular
*Affinity News, 8120 E. 21
Dennis C. Arnold, Realtor
*Assoc. in Med. & Mental Health, 2325 S. Harvard
Kent Balch & Associates, Health & Life Insurance
*Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 8620 E. 71
Body Piercing by Nicole, 2722 E. 15
*Borders. Books & Music, 2740 E. 21
Brookside Jewelry, 4649 So. Peoria
*Creative Collection, 1521 E. 15
Cherry St. Psychotherapy, 1515 S. Lewis
Community Cleaning~ Kerby Baker
Tim Daniel, Attorney 352-9504, 800-742-9468
*Deco to Disco, 3212 E. 15th 749-3620
*Devena’s Gallery, 13 Brady 587-2611
Doghouse on Brookside, 3311 S. Peoria 744-5556
Don Carlton Mitsubishi, 46th & Memorial 665-6595
Don Carlton Honda, 4141 S. Memorial 622-3636
*Elite Books & Videos, 821 S. Sheridan 838-8503
*Ross Edward Salon, 1438 S. Boston 584-0337
Leanne M. Gross, Southwest Financial Planning 459-9349
Mark T. Hamby, Attorney 744-7440
*Sandra J. Hill, MS, Psychotherapy, 2865 E. Skelly 745-1111
~Interuational Tours 341-6866
Jacox Animal Clinic, 2732 E. 15th 712-2750
David Kauskey, Country Club Barbering 747-0236
*Ken’s Flowers, 1635 E. 15 599-8070
Kdly Kirby, CPA, POB 14011, 74159 747-5466
Langley Agency, 1104 S. Victor 592-1800
Lean Ann Macomber, Realtor Associate 671-2010
Susan McBay, MSW: Earth-Centered Counseling 592-1260
*Midtown Theater, 319 E. 3 584-3112
Mingo Valley Flowers, 9720c E. 31 663-5934
*Mohawk Music, 6157 E 51 PI 664-2951
*Nothing Shocking Salon, 2722 E. 15 712-1123
*Novel Idea Bookstore, 51st & Harvard 747-6711
David A. Paddock. CPA, 4308 S. Peoria, Ste. 633 747-7672
Pet’Pride, Dog & Cat Grooming 584:7554
The Pride Store, 1307 E. 38, 2nd floor 743-4297
Puppy Pause II, l lth & Mingo 838-7626
Richard’s Carpet Cleaning 834-0617
Scott Robison’s Prescriptions, see ad for 3 locations, 743.-2351
Teri Schutt, Rex Realtors 834-7921,747-4746
Christopher Spradling, attorney, 616 S. Main, #308 582-7748
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*Scribner’s Bookstore, 1942 Utica Square
*Tulsa Book Exchange, 3749 S. Peoria
*Tulsa Comedy Club, 6906 S. Lewis
Fred Welch, LCSW, Counseling
*Whittier News Stand, 1 N. Lewis
Tulsa Organizations, Churches, & Universities
AIDS Walk Tulsa, POB 1071, 74101-1071 579-9593
Black & White, Inc. POB 14001, Tulsa 74159 587-7314
*Bless The Lord at All Times Christian Center. 2207 E. 6 583-7815
*B/L!G Alliance, Univ. of Tulsa Canterbury Ctr. 583-9780
*Chapman Student Ctr., University of Tulsa, 5th P1. & Florence
*Community ofHope UnitedMethodist, 1703 E. 2nd 585-1800
*Community Unitarian-Universalist Congregation 749-0595
*Church of the Restoration, 1314 N.Greenwood 587-1314
Dignity/Integrity-Lesbian/Gay Catholics/Episcopal. 298-4648
*Family of Faith MCC, 5451-E So. Mingo 622-144t
*Fellowship Congreg. Church, 2900 S. Harvard 747-7777
*Free Spirit Womens Center, call for location &info: 587-4669
Friend For A Friend, POB 52344, 74152 747-6827
Friends in Unity Social Org. (African-American mens group)
POB 8542, 74101, call c/o HOPE @ 712-1600
HOPE, HIV Outreach, Prevention, Education, 1307 E. 38, 2nd ft.
712-1600, HOPE Anonymous HIV Testing Site, 742-2927
TNAAPP (Native American men), Indian Health Care 582-7225
Interfaith AIDS Ministries 438-2437, 800-284-2437
*MCC of Greater Tulsa, 1623 N. Maplewood 838-1715
*HIV Resource Ctr., 4154 S. Harvard, Ste. H-1 749-4194
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What About Cracker Barrel?
I have noticed the recent opening of a
Cracker Barrel restaurant herein Tulsa.
Isn’t this the same Cracker Barrel that has
a company wide policy of firing employees
that they suspect are gay? Is there
some kind of organized boycott of this
chain? Concerned in Tulsa - DKR
Good questions! Please read our story
onpage i and let us know whatyou think.
Thank youfor writing. - TFN
Carbon Copy: Tiger vs. Fuzzy
The Tulsa World
Letus c0ntrast this: Fuzzy Zoellermakes
racistjokes, andall the worldknows about
it. Tiger Woods makes "fag" jokes, and
only the Gay press reports it. Both actions
are equally disrespectful to each man’s
fellow citizens but Zoeller is widdy criticized
and gets financial sanctions, while
Woods just gets away with it. And while
Zoeller at least apologizes, Woods refuses,
claiming this was .~ust youthful,
poor judgment. Is this a double standard?
Bigotry is still bigotry but while we are
now at least paying lip service to confronting
racism, anti-Semitism, sexism,
etc. it apparently remains quite acceptable
to attack Gay & Lesbian citizens. Tiger
Woods is really no better than Fuzzy
Zoeller. And if Zoeller did not have the
sense not to make a stupid remark in the
first place, at least he, unlike Woods, had
courage enough to apologize. - T. Neal
Babes cont’d from this page
more than a few years.
This is what makes me profoundly sad
about where we are in this city. We seem
to be making a little progress in issues of
race and ethnicity and gender. We actually
seem to have made a great deal of
progress xn accepting religious differences
(despite all the efforts of ORU students
and administration to undermine religious
harmony). But we just aren’t there on
Lesbian and Gay issues, let alone Bi and
Transgendered ones. The question is how
dowe getfromwhere we are to someplace
better?
As we move into our Pride season, the
high holiday ofLesbian/Gay/Bi and Trans
communities around the world, perhaps
we can stop to review and to plan for
change. Our observation about social
ch~ifige is that it rarely, rarely has ever
haopened by being nice, patient citizen~,
believing that if we are just good enough
and polite enough that those who oppress
us will just wake one day and say, "golly,
why don’t we just give those nice people
their civil rights!" Hello?
It wasn’t because Dr. King was such a
nice guy that the legal manifestation of
racism was dismantled. Although he espoused
non-violence, Dr. King did not
avoid conflict and confrontation. He faced
down the bigots. And it was his courage
and fortitude, with that of those he mspired,
who changed this country.
We must take those lessons to heart,
and each of us see Babes, page 3
mustfind away to contribute to this effort. Grantedmany,
many cannot be in the from line for legitimate fear of
losing homes, livelihood or children. But that does not
mean not helping. If you can’t be out, then perhaps you
can give a dollar Or two to the Pride Center, or donate your
time to that organization or one of many other worthy
ones. If you don’t feel that you can associate with an
openly Gay group, then at least go volunteer at the HIV
Resource Center or at Shanti or RAIN or IAM. The poin!
is to get involved. And for those in positions of greater
influence or opportunity, the obligation is greater.
F0r.ex.ampl~e, one of the most critical issues for our
community is flJat: of ~n~p’lo~ifi~nt diSCrimination. It is
essential that we all work for the adoption of nondiscrimination
policies (usually the language: we do not
discriminate on the basis of race, creed, gender, etc. but
adding, sexual or affectional orientation) wherever it is
possible. Sometimes employees of a corporation or nonprofit
can just ask for this. For example, the American
Red Cross has not pledged not to discriminate but in
practice, does not discriminate. That being the case, it
should not be a problem for the organization to start
talking what they say they’ve been walking. In other
firms, the requestmay have to comefrom outside because
it is not safe for the employees.
A number of significant Tulsa employers already do
have non-discrimination policies. Oklahoma’s largest,
American Airlines does. So do Kimberly-Clark and Central
and South West - the parent of Public Service Company.
Other firms with apresence here like IBM andATF
do as well. ButTnlsa’s non-profits are shamefully behind
in pledging not to discriminate. The godfather ofthem all,
Tulsa United Way, not only lacks a non-discrimination
policy but both funds a highly bigoted organization and
actively discriminates against Lesbian and Gay persons.
The.director of Tulsa Metropolitan Ministries just recently
publicly stated in a "Say No to Hate" meeting that
TMM would never pledge not to discriminate on the basis
of sexual orientation.
The National Conference (formerly the National Conference
Of Ctaristians and Jews) which allegedly exists to
fight "bias, bigotry mad racism in America" seems to
think that bias and bigotry don’t include Lesbians mad
Gay men. With a board of directors of ~nore than 60
people, they’ve managed not to include a single person
with any known ties to the LesbianiGayiBi communities.
When this was pointed out to one of their directors, he
gave the usual inane response: "we don’t ask (such
questions)!" Again, hello? Somehow they manage to get
remarkable diversity in the rest of the members of their
board. I mean, it?s not like you can tell from looking
who’s Christian or Jewish. And the diversity of their
board is so thorough, that not to have any Gay people, you
have to wonder if they actively worked to exclude us?
Small wonder that their man of the year was Robert
Lorton, publisher of The Tulsa WorM- an business that
actively discriminates against the Lesbian and Gay community
with its ban on advertising that uses the words
Lesbian or Gay, no matter how innocuously (like in
PFLAG’s or Community of Hope’s ads), and its refusal
to print same-gender "marriage" or Holy Union announcements.
That Lorton’s business was cited by the
Equal Fmployment Opportunity Commission for racist
employment practices a few years ago is just icing on the
cake. So it’s not surprising that the children m our
community are not learning not to hate, when the leadership
of the city can’t even pay minimal lip service to
fairness for us.
Butperhaps there is hope. Tulsa Public Schools, amazingly
enough, does have a non-discrimination policy that
appears to protect Lesbian, Gay and Bi students, staffand
the public! Now getting them to translate that into meaningful
action, like accurate teaching about Lesbian and
Gay lives, accurate information in science and health
curricula, like real support and protection for Lesbian]
Gay/Bi students and staff, and equal compensataon for
staff is another challenge. But maybe someday young
children will learn in Tulsa schools that screaming "faggot"
in the street is as wrong as using other epitaphs.
Maybe then we will see a day when to paraphrase Dr.
King, we will bejudged by the content of our characternot
by the accidents of gender or race or of sexual
orientation. Maybe it’ll even be sooner rather than later.
That’s my hope as we celebrate our Pride Month.
- Tom Neal, editor/publisher
Dr. JW Johnson of First Baptist Church No. Tuba and
Crisis conference where Dr. Joycelyn Elders, MDspoke.
Beverly Benton-Galbreath at the Facing the HIV/AIDS
which was home for several years before the congregation
moved into the building it has today nearPine and
Sheridan.
In those days, MCC was one of just a handful of
community organizations. Another that Tay Clare remembers
was The Tulsa Gay Alliance which existed
around 1972-73. Clare says aman who’d moved to Tulsa
from California started the group which first met at a
Waldenbooks at Southland Mall after hours.
That group was followed by The Tulsa Gay Caucus
around 1975-76 which did not have a lot of members
according to Clare but whi~ch came very, very close to
getting the City of TulSa to pass a non-discrimination
ordinance which would have banned discrimination in
housing, public accommodations and public employment
and private employment where an employer had a
contractual relationship with the City of Tulsa.
Although this measure did not pass (it’s said that now-
Senator Jim Inhofe who became Mayor about that time
helped scuttle it), the City ofTulsa did pass a non-binding
resolution calling for non-discrimination based on sexual
orientation that remains on the books today. Clare notes
that the City of Tulsa was much more helpful in those
days. The City actually provided computer time and
support for the activists to tally a survey documenting
conditions for Lesbians and Gay men in Tul sa. Apparently,
such a study was all but unt~recedented for a US city
and Bantmn Books even considered publishing the stud~
Clare still has great praise for a fellow activist in this
effort, John, whom she characterized as "fearless" in an
era when just being knownto be Gay was enough to get
you fired.
One of the issues in those days was systematic police
harassment. Clare relates how Tulsa Police used to wait
outside the Queen of Hearts downtown in the middle of
the night and arrest patrons for jaywalking across an
empty street to a parking lot. Other times, police would
just come into bars and everyone would stop what they
were doing, so that the police would have no excuse to
harass patrons. Some clubs even had lights and buzzers to
warn peopl.e. Clare’s recalls that there was an early
women’s bar called Jessica’s Tiger Room. She says Tiger
was a lady wrestler and the place was ’straight’ out of an
Ann Baunon novel - to walk in was to be propositioned.
Tulsa Gay Caucus was followed in 1977-78 by a group
with an emphasis on educating the general community
about Gay issues: The Gay Awareness Project. This was
led by longtime commumty activists, Phil Wiley and
Vernon Jones. Clare notes that the group had an excellent
newsletter and had a speakers bureau that would go to
speak wherever they could get invitations.
After The Awareness Project, Clare says there really
wasn’t much in community orgamzing until the formation
of a Tulsa chapter ofOklahomans for Human Rights
whichlaterbecameTulsaOklahomans forHumanRights,
TOHR. TOHR, she notes,is distinctive, even on a nationwide
basis, for its longevity.
Still after more than 20 years, Tay Clare is committed
to educating and encouraging Lesbians to free themselves
from the restricted roles they saw in their parent’s
lives. Clare feels that Lesbians should take advantage of
the freedom from home, husband and children to travel,
or pursue their education, or wherever.they are called. In
short, to discover their own history, the traditions of
articulate, assertive women who can do great things.
Clare points to the emergence of more truthful history in
which the contributions of women, Lesbians, in particular,
to politics, the war efforts, etc. are honored. And with
the Free Spirit Woman’s Center, Tay Clareis doing what
she can to make that happen in Tulsa.
PFLAG, Tulsa Chapter, once again is educating in the
Public Library. This exhibit will be up through theend of
May at the West Regional Library on W. 51st Street.
on a 50-49 vote. The House never voted on it, and its
sponsors plan to reintroduce it soon. "I support it and I
urge all Americans to do so," Clinton said. "It is about our
ongoing fight against bigotry and intolerance, in our
country and in our hearts."
Currently, gay workers in 39 states could be fired or
deniedjobs or apromotion because of their sexuality, and
most cannot seek relief in state or federal courts. Nine
states have laws or other rules that extend to homosexuals
job protections similar to those offered on the basis of
age, race, religion or gender: "
with the opportunity to see threehomes that will not be on
the regular tour. Donors are asked to contribute $125/
person and will be served wine and hors d’oeuvres at Joan
&Bruce Robson’s, Julie &Warren Kruger’s and Priscilla
& Joe Tate’s homes. For those who are able, a Black Tie
Patrons Party will be held onJune 19.. Contribution level s
range from $4-50 to $2,500 and above...
Later on June 13-15. Follies Revue, .Inc. will present
this year’s musical review, "Your Hit Parade" at the
Warren Place Doubletree Hotel Grand Ballroom. It will
feature music from radio and tel~vision from the ’30’s to
’50’s. The performance will feature the Follies Revne
singers, Carol Crawford, artistic director of Tulsa Opera,
Marchello Angelini artistic director of Tulsa Ballet, Peter
Athens, Pare VanDyke, Patrick Hobbs, Isabelle Estes and
"The Happy Hoofers." Henry Primeaux will be guest
announcer for all performances.
Dinner or brunch will be served at each performance
with cash bars available. Those attending the Patron’s
evemng, June 13, will be served wine with dinner. Patron
chairpersons are Tracy and Joel Norvell.
Follies Revue, Inc. has raised more than $140,000 for
Tulsa areaAIDS related agencies since 1989. Some of the
beneficiaries of this year’s event are Saint Joseph Residence,
Interfaith AIDS Ministries, Our House, Shanti-
Tulsa Storehouse, Visiting Nurse Association and Hope
House.
Follies Revue, Inc. organizers note that last year’s
performances sold out and they encourage purchasing
tickets in advance. Tickets may be ordered by telephone
at 596-7111 or 584-2000. Outside Tulsa, call 800-364-
7111. Businesses interestedin program advertising should
call 437-0201 before May 25th.
Transgendered Support
-Group Forming
Is there anyone else interested in forming a transgendered
support group in Tulsa? The term transgendered encompasses
all aspects ranging from cross dressers, tranSvesrites,
drag kings and queens, and the transsexuals that are
in theprocess ofseeking the SRS for eithermaleto female
or female to male. Tulsa has had a couple of groups called
Desire and CDI (Cross Dressers International) for support.
In Oklahoma City, there is an organization Central
Oklahoma Transgendered Alliance (called COTA) for
those who are needing information.
However in Tulsa, there are many people in the Tulsa
community and surroundingareas who are transgendered
and who need a support group. For information or for
those interested in forming a support group, leave a
message for Jennifer Palmer at the Pride Center, 743-
4297. Or send e-mail to Jennifer at
jermifer_palmer@bigfoot.com
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Vermont Politician
Comes Qut
RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) - Vermont Democratic party
chairman Steven Howard is the latest public official
in the state to say publicly that he is gay. Howard, who
is also a state representative from Rutland, told the
Rutland Herald newspaper that he only acknowledged
his sexuality to himself two years ago. "I just
have felt for some time that it was time to be honest
- with myself, with my family, with the voters,"
Howard said. He said his family had been supportive
since he told them he was Gay.
Howard, alifelong resident of the town of Rutland,
is the third openly Gay Vermont politician. The late
Rep. Ronald Squires, a Guilford Democrat, made his
announcement in 1992. Vermont Auditor Edward
Flanagan announced his.sexuality in August 1995.
Howard, 25, has won three consecutive elections to
the Legislature. And he is the nation’s youngest state
party chairman. In the Legislature Howard has appeared
brazen as he takes on opponents and high
ranking members of his own party, most recently
Gov. Howard Dean.
"It takes .tremendous courage for Steve to do what
he did. I think Ed Flanagan took the first step so others
could follow," said Kathleen DeBold, deputy director
of the Washington-based Gay and Lesbian Victory
Fund. The orgamzat~on rinses money for openly Gay
candidates.
Anti-Gay Congressman
Had Gay Chief of Staff
LOS ANGELES,(AP) - For 12 years, Brian O’Leary
Bennett was a loyal aide to former US Rep. Bob
Dornan, becomirlg a trusted confidant and eventually
the congressman, s.chief of staff. The entare time,
Bennett struggl6~l with hi’g own feelings that he might
be Gay, even as.his boss - a fiery rune-term Republican
from Garde~ Grove - angrily condenmed Gay
persons as molegters, sodomites and pedophiles.
Bennett left Dornan’s staff in 1989. Inthe last 18
months; however, he has disclosed to a selectfew that
he is gay. One of those was Dornan. "I said, I’m gay,"
Bennettrecalledin today’s Los Angeles Times. "There
was a pause that seemed like an hour and then he
reached over, put his arm aroundme and kissedmeon
the cheek and said, ’I’ve loved you like a son for 20
years. Did you think this would make any differ-
Bennett, 41, now an executive at Edison Co., is
making his story public in hopes it will diminish the
chances of someone else "outing" him and help other
gay conservatives who are struggling with their homosexuality.
This month, Bennett, 41, will join the
board of directors ofONEof Long Beach Inc., which
operates the Long Beach Gay &Lesbian Community
Center and AIDS Project Long Beach.
Bennett’s revelation hit Dornan "like a ton of
bricks," the former congressman said. In late 1995,
Bennett declined Dornan’s request to rim his failed
1996 presidential campaign because Bennett had
fallen in love and didn’t want the campaign exposed
to scandal. Democratic newcomer Loretta Sanchez
beat Dornan by 984 votes in the November election
for his congressional seat, but Dornan is contesting
the results.
Dornan said his protege has sacrificed a career in
politics: "You know he has no future in the Republican
Party in Orange County," he said. "It’s like Ellen
DeGeneres,’i Dornan said of the actress who recently
revealed she is gay. "She cannot continue to play an
all-American character. Everything she does now,
she has limited her options. Brian has also limited his
options in life.’" - ~ "
Bennett said he and Dornan still talk often,:but
more than once he has asked his former boss to tone
down the anti-homosexual rhetoric. One .of those
occasions happened on the night he told Doman he
was gay. "I said, ’Poppy, for all these years I’ve stood
by you and heard all these horrible things out of your
mouth aboutpeoplelike me’," Bennett said."’You’ve
called us pedophiles, sodomites, molesters. Those
things hurt, and I want you to stop it. I wouldn’t ask
you to change your views. I’m saying get rid of the
meanness. Get rid of the hurt in promoting your
position. ’"He said he would."
Doman, however, remains steadfast in his views.
’q’he cutting edge of homosexuality is not Brian
Bennett, who loves his religi6i~’a~l’his faith," Dornan
said. "It’s the others, who demand of us what they
cannot give themselves - dignity and self-respect.
Brian thinks this is a gift, and tthink it’s an ax. I
believe the twmn shall meet one day."
Anti-Gay California
School Bill Rally.
SACRAMENTO (AP) - Christian groups lobbied
hard at the Capitol for an anti-gay bill that faced its
first hearing in the Assembly Education Comrmttee
today. Claiming that public schools advocate and
promote homosexuality, about 250 conservatives rallied
for a measure that would prevent such advocacy.
The bill by Assemblyman George House would
prohibit the use of state funds in any public Or private
school through grade 12 to provide materials or
instruction that "promotes or advocates homosexuality
as a viable alternative lifestyle." It would also
prohibit referral of students to any organization that
~promotes or advocates a homosexual lifestyle. "It is
a sad time when we must remind the public that
parents owntheir children," House asserted, to lengthy
applause at the rally on the Capitol steps. Sen. Ray
Haynes accused school administrators of "actively
promoting, at all grade levels, homosexual activities."
Bill supporters claimed AIDS education classes,
school counseling programs and Gay student support
groups on public school campuses often serve as
promotion efforts by homosexuals. Teacher and student
training on sensitivity to gays and lesbians, they
declared, amount to endorsing or promoting acceptance
of a lifestyle they view as sinful.
"This bill is incredibly’ offensive," responded Ellen
McCormick, spokeswoman for the Gay and Lesbian
Life Lobby. "’There aren’t any programs that engage
in promot{on or advocacy of homosexuality. There
are programs engaged in saving lives, and also for
keeping Gay students from dropping out of school."
But San Diego second grade teacher Cheryl Thompson
complained that at a program aimed at teaching
public school teachers how to help students with
drug and alcohol problems, "we were indoctrinated
with some of the homosexual promotion." Teachers
were encouraged to tell students struggling with their
sexual identity to first talk to their parents, she said. If
parents were unsympathetic, the teachers were told,
the student should be referred to a Gay or Lesbian
organization that offers counseling. "I would not
want my child in a Gay support group without my
knowledge," Thompson said.
Anti-Gay Adoption
Law Challenged.,
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP)- Florida’s law
against adoptions by Gay people is coming under
attack in a lawsuit by a woman who says she wants a
sibling for her little boy who was a result of artificial
insemination. "Please don’t prejudge us and decide
that all Gay men and Lesbians - one whole segment
of the population- is unfit," June Amer said Monday,
moments before the trial began. .
An attorney defending the 1977 law. set- the tone for
the state’s arguments when he objected to testimony
by other Gay parents. Only Florida and New Hampshire
have laws banning homosexual people from
ad0P~ng children. The state did not defend the law in
opemng arguments and said it is up to the other side
t~ prove, that the statut~ should be struck down.
The lawsuit was brought by Amer, a 45-year-old
Dade County corrections officer who has lived with
another woman for 13 years. ’q’here are many children
wanting to be adopted in Florida right now,.and
there are many people likeme who would adopt them
and love themit were not for this prejudiced law," Ms.
Amer said in her pretrial comments. She testified that
she has lived for 13 years for Gail D~Shon. DeShon
and Amer have raised together the son Amer con-.
ceived through artificial insemination.
The boy, who is now 6, calls the two women
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life with the two womenis as normal as with heterosexual
parents, she said. ’%~re go to his recitals. Wego
to his baseball game~,, ~tie sazd. Asked how he
compares with children with heterosexual parents,
she said, "If I can be prejudiced, he’s a little better,
smarter, brighter." Ms. Amer said her son has frequent
contact with men, including friends, relatives,
his karate instructor, coaches at school, his singing
teacher and neighbors. "I believe I’m a good parent.
I’m aloving person, a caring person.., and I should be
able to adopt a child," she said.
State legislators feared that Lesbian and Gay parents
adopting children "would be able to... use them
in closets," said attorney Karen Coolman Amlong.
The state bans no other entire group of people from
being adoptive parents, she said. People who are
repeat felons, and those who have been child abusers,
spousal abusers, drug abusers and alcoholics are all
eligible, the attorney said.
Also testifying was Jim MacKellar-Hertan, a gay
man from Orlando who adopted a boy in Seattle,
Wash., before moving to Florida. The attorney arguing
for the state, Samuel C. Shavers, of the Florida
Department of Ctfildren and Families, objected to the
testimony, saying, "I don’t think we need a parade of
homosexuals" taking the stand. The judge at first
seemed inclined to deny the testimony, saying he
didn’t see thepoint, but then relented. MacKellar-
Hertan says that he adopted a boy, now 5 years old, in
Seattle, Wash., and that he and a man he described as
his domestic partner want the boy to have a brother or
sister. The couple both are employees at Disney
World and MacKellar-Hertan is active in the United
Church of Christ in Orlando where he is active. "We
have a very rambunctious 5-year-old. He’s very happy,
healthy, well adjusted. We just finished with T-ball
and are getting into soccer," the father said.
PFLAG Conference
A Success in Idaho
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) - Henrietta Boland had
one last thought as she watched people leave the final
session of perhaps one of.the most unusual conferences
ever heldin the city. Who would havedreamed
five years ago that we in Idaho Falls would host a
regional conference of PFLAG?" she said as departing
parents asked how they could develop chapters of
Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays in their
hometowns ofMcCall, GreatFalls, Mont., andCasper,
Wyo. The national group of about 68,000 people is
dedicated to helping the loved ones of homosexuals
understand the social, religious and occupational
challenges that confront people who are Gay.
Besides the success of the weekend conference,
Boland was pleased that the meeting concluded without
an anonymous threat, a homophobic epithet or
even a cold reception. Instead, those attending got a
warm welcome, she said. A police cruiser provided
around-the-~10ck protection, but it might not have
been needed. "The area has become more accepting,"
said Boland, one of whose sons is Gay. "I think
everyone left here with the feeling that they’re not
alone, that there are people here with whom you can
have a dialogue." But Boland and other local members
know there is a long way to go, egpecially in the
organization’s Northern Rockies Region, of which
Bolandis chairman. Theregion, which includes Idaho,
Montana and Wyoming, still has its share of Gay
bashing, discrimination, isolation, depression and
suicide.
"Youhaveita lot harder here than we do," SyZivan
of New York City, the group’s national vice president,
said in his keynote address. One mission of the
organization, Zivan said, "is showing the clear linkage
between hate talk and Gay bashing and teen
suicide." Some studies show as many as 30 percent of
teen suicides are committed by Gay youths. Zivan
said the group’s advertising campaigns "appeal to
decent people in the moveable middle who want
people treated with basic fairness." The organization
also is working to stop discrimination in the workplace.
Most states, including Idaho, still do not have
laws protecting Gays from being fired, Zivan said.
Finally, Zivan said, the group is "advocating. for the
same conditions we heterosexuals are allowed to
enjoy - the safety net of the canopy of marriage."
Hate Crimes in LA Up
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The number ofr~_eported hate
crimes in Los Angeles County jumped 25.5 percent
last year over 1995, with dramatic increases reported
in crimes against blacks and Gays, figures showed.
There were 995 crimes based on race, ethnicity,
religion, gender, disability or sexual orientation in
1996, up from 773 theprevious year, according to the
county Commission on Human Relations. The commission
said the increases appear to indicate better
reportang of crimes by the public rather than an actual
jump. However, "this increase is significant," said
Lea Ann King, commission president.
Crimes involving race or sexual orientation accounted
for 88 percent of the total, the commission
said in its 17th annual report. More than half of the
crimes reported involved murder, attempted murder,
rape or other violence. Hate crimes against blackmen
increased 50.5 percent while attacks against homosexuals
and bisexuals were up 43.2 percent. The
increase "does not say it has become open season on
African Americans" butreflects increasedhostility as
blacks move to areas populatedby otherethnic groups,
the report said. Crimes against Hispanics and Asians
dropped slightly and the number against Jews remained
stable. The report called on the county Board
of Supervisors to grant the commission $500,000 to
target probl~em areas for conflict resolution efforts
and to establish human relations classes in schools.
Hewlett Packard’s
Progressive Policies
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) - When J.oan Lease visited
five years ago to decide whether she would accept a
position at Hewlett-Packard Co., she was concerned
about how she would fitin at the local campus. After
all, she said, the state was embroiled in a debate over
an anti-Gay rights measure that was later defeated by
voters. As a Gay woman, Lease, who had been with
HPfor 10 years, had to wonderhow she’d be received
in Corvallis. "Coming up here was hard. My mother
said, ’Are you sure you want to go there?’ "’ said
Lease, who didn’t reveal to co-workers for two years
that she is a lesbian.
I_~ase credits HP’s diversity program with fostering
an atmosphere of inclusiveness. In general, managers
are responsive and open to discussing cultural
issues that arise in the workplace, she said. "A company
is foolish to not make the most of what people
have to offer," she said. "If I’m a more productive
employee, it’s a win-win situation: HP makes more
money, and I get bigger-profit-sharing."
Through its programs, HP has been working for
years to break down barriers for job applicants and
employees who fear that they may not belong at the
high-tech company became of their gender, nationality,
ethnicity, age, physical abilities or sexual orientation.
It’s an integral part of the company’s business
strategy, said Lew Platt, HP’s chairman, president
and chief executive. "Our customer base is increasingly
broad and diverse, and our worldwide market
continues to grow in geographical reach and cultural
complexity. If we’re going to be successful, we.need
a diverse work force," Platt says in a 30-minute,
Corvallis-made video that all new employees watch
on their first day of work. "That includes men and
women, people of all nations, races and lifestyles,
left-brain thinkers and right-brain thinkers, expressers
and analytics, technical geniuses and savvy marketers.
Everyone has something of value to offer.’"
The company has several sanctioned networks.
These include an African American Network, Gay,
Lesbian & Bisex_~u~_, Employee Network, and the HP
Corvallis Women s Network. Hewlett-Packard’s
Corvallis site has two full-time workers who staff the
company’s Diversity Department. They organize and
facilitate discussion groups, develop training programs,
distribute educational materials, work with
the network members and conduct recruitment consuiting.
KrisAnn Smith, diversity specialist, said attendance
at screenings of educational videos and
discussion groups that she arranges is voluntary. It’s
available to those who are interested in learning more.
Possible AIDS
Vacine Developed ALAMOOORDO, N.M. (AP)- Chimpanzee
tests ofan anti-AIDS vaccine show
preventive results promasing enough to
allow human trials and even show improvement
in animals infected before inoculation,
scientists said. The vaccine
developed by a team from the University
of Pennsylvania working with the
Coulston Foundation of Alamogordo and
Apollon Inc. of Malvern, Pa., is already
being used on selected human subjects.
Foundation chief executive Frederick
.Coulston said Wednesday that he expects
it could be further tested starting later this
year onhumanpatients confirmed to have
the human immunodeficiency virus, or
HIV. The vaccine uses no living HIV, so
it cannot cause infection, he said. Nature
says the tested vaccine used an "HIV-1
gene insert." If human testing goes as
hoped, a vaccine could be available commercially
within two to. three years~,
Coulston said. An account of the vaccine
testing was just published in the British
science journal, Nature.
Weiner, associate professor of pathology
and laboratory medicine at the University
of Pennsylvania, said: "We’re encouraged
but cautious." Harold McClure,
who studies AIDS at the Yerkes Regional
Palmate Research Center at Aflanta’s
Emory University, called the results very
promising. Coulston said thebreakthrough
was "worthy of the highest recognition."
"’It is the greatest discovery for the prevention
and treatment ofAIDS possible,"
the 82-year-old primate research pioneer
said. "Not only does it prevent the disease,"
he said, "but if the animal already
has viremia, particles floating in the blood,
it cures it - the same vaccine.’"
Coulston said his foundation expects to
participate in a followup paper after human
trials. Coulston re-emphasized the
chimpanzee restflts don’t necessarily mean
human trials will show similar success,
and he said scientists aren’t certain just
why the vaccine works. "We don’t know
the mechanism yet," he said. But he suggested
the odds may be 100 to i in favor
of success in humans. And while there are
many strains of HIV, he said hebelieves
the vaccine will prove universal for the
various strains.
The virus itself has always reacted differently
in chimpanzees than in humans,
with the disease seen thus far to progress
in only a limited number of chimps, comp.
ared with the more widespread progression
pattern in humans. But Javadian has
said chimpanzees share 98 percent of the
genetic traits of humans. The Food and
DrugAdministration approvedhuman trials
for the vaccine two months ago.
Coulston said it took less than two weeks
for approval, making it "the fastest or one
of the fastest tracks ever."
AIDS Drug Cure?
NEW YORK (AP) -.A new study of
powerful AIDS drugs shows they devastate
HIV in one of its favorite hangouts,
while another suggests that curing an infected
person would take at least two to
three years - if it can be done. A different
study earlier this year had shown that one
year wasn’t enough, and researchers estimated
it might take two tO 2.5 years. The
three-drug "cocktail" stops HIV from reproducing,
so it can’t continuously infect
new cells as previously infected cells die
off. As a result, HIV levels in the bloodstream
plummet about 99 percent within
two weeks.
Scientists wanted to know whether the
treatment has a similar effect on HIV in
tissues such as the tonsils andlymphnodes,
where the virus is produced and store~_..
Dr. Ashley Haase of the University of
Minnesota and other scientists sampled
the tonsils of 10 people during treatment
and, in a recent issue of the journal, Science,
reportgoodnews. Within s~x months,
the therapy eliminated more than 99 percent
of cells actively producing HIV. And
the amount of H1V stored on the surface
of other cells also fell by more than 99
percent. That shows the stockpile of stored
HIV "dears much more rapidly than we
would have expected," Haase said.
In the other study, scientists including
Dr. David tto of the Aaron Diamond
AIDS Research Center in New York
looked at the time it would take for the
drug treatment to rid the body of HIV. The
group reported the initial drop in blood
levels of. HIV is followed, by a second,
slower decline. By analyzing the trend
mathematically, they estimate that itwould
take 2.3 to 3.1 years of therapy to eliminate
HIV from the hiding places they
considered. But it might take longer to
eradicate the virus from the body because
HIV could linger in the brain or in unknown
hiding places, they warned. In any
case, Ho and colleagues wrote, "it would
be wrong to believe that we are close to a
cure for AIDS."
HIV reproduces by infecting cells and
forcing them to make more viruses. The
new paper calculates that within 3. i years
¯ - of the start of treatment, three "kinds of
HIV-producing cells in a person’s body
will die off. One kind, CD4 cells that
actively produce virus, disappear first.
Then come cells that don’t produce virus
at first, but eventually start production
and then die. Finally, long-lived cells in
tissues throughout the body that can produce
virns continuously for weeks will
disappear, the study suggests.
One wild card in the analysis is cells
that are infected with virus that has become
defective. The calculated timetable
¯doesn’t apply to these calls, which could
persist for. years or perhaps a lifetime. In
the lab, these cells can’t be made to produce
infectious virus. So in this condition
they aren’t a problem. But the risk is that,
through some genetic accident, the defect
in HIV will get fixed and the cells could
suddenly start producing infectious .virus,
said Dr. Jeffrey Laurence, an AIDS researcher
at Cornell Medical College in
New York. Such a fix might occur if two
defective HIVs mingle, for example, he
said. Ho said that’s oniya remote possibility.
Eventually, Ho said, the question of
how long drugs might take to eradicate
HIV will be settled in experiments where
people who’ve been taking the treatment
for long periods, and whose HIV levels
are undetectable, stop the therapy. Then
scientists can see if there’ s any HIV left to
reappear. Ho said he’s not sure when his
group will try that experiment.
AIDS= in Women
Quite Different
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - While new
drugs are helping men in the war against
AIDS, women are dying in increasing
numbers as doctors struggle to define the
unique way the disease progresses in female
bodies. Women often go undiagnosed
longer because doctors fail to recognize
that some of their yeast, vaginal
and throat infections, as well as cancer~,
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Dealing (Naturally) With
Auto-lmm une Disorders
by Dr. Michael Gorman
Anyone who has an Auto-immune Disorder
(AD) knows the nature of the beast.
Depending on the severity and the stage,
one can feel normal energy levels to no
energy level.
Among the list ofAD’s fall HIV, ARC,
AIDS, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS),
etc. These diagnoses are distinct by different
characteristics, onset, and progressions,
but share some common symptoms.
The "run down" feeling, the decreased
resistance to sickness, viruses,
parasites, and bacterial invasions are common
to all AD’s.
There is a way to help combat some of
these associated problems. Most AD’s
use a great deal of the body’s resources
normally earmarked for other uses. AD’s
are very abusive to the body’s storehouse
of proteins, which is why weight loss
occurs via the disease process.
Proteins make up a great deal of our
bodies’ structural and enzymatic capabilities.
Structural proteins relate to bone,
muscle, skin, organs, the brain, and cellular-
level functioning such as antibody production
via the white blood cells. White
blo(~d cells themselves are 30-40% protein
in their composition. Thebody, therefore,
needs daily protein intake in the
form of food or supplements in order to
make new cells. Proteins arenothingmore
than amino acids chained together in a
sequence determined by our DNA
If we don’t eat protein (specific daily
requirements) in the form of 8-10 essential
amino acids found mostly in animal
products, our bodies will cannabalize
themselves in order to get what they need.
This is what helps to cause the weight loss
are signposts of HIV infection, experts
said at the third National Conference on
Women & HIV. Unlike men who survive
an average of about 23 months with
Kaposi’s sarcoma- the first malignancy
recognized with AIDS - women survive
just nine months with KS, Dr. Janet Blair
of the Los Angeles County health department
reported Monday. She said it’s possible
that the difference "’may reflect delayed
access to medical care," or doctors’
lack of recognition.
Conference co-chair Dr. Alexandra
Levine, directorofthe University of Southem
California’s Norris Cancer Center,
said she has detected unusual types of
breast cancer in young HIV-infected
women. Although breast cancer rates
haven’ t yet increased inwomenwith HIV,
other AIDS-defining cancers are on the
rise, such as melanoma, multiplemyeloma
and anal cancer, Levine said. She said she
s.uspects that HIV is reactivating other
v~ruses that can lie quiet in the body. It
seems to be awakening the human herpes
type 8 virus to bring onKaposi’ s sarcoma,
the Epstein-Barr virus behind lymphoma
and thehuman papilloma virus that causes
cervical cancer. With antiviralAIDS drugs
leaving the immune system of HIV-infected
women "not quite normal, we may
be seeing ever=increasing epidemics of
cancer," Levine predicted. The breast cancer
results were among the first presented
from the Women’s Interagency HIV
Study, begun in 1992 and funded by the
seen in AD’s. People with AD’s need
¯ more protein because the need for more
¯¯ cellular-level replacement (due to more
destruction) is necessary AD’s diseases
" gobble up protein leaving stores depleted.
¯ Some scientists say that people with
AD’s need extra quality proteins to re-
" plenishbody cells; especially wtfiteblood
¯ cells which fight off viruses, parasites. ¯
and bacterialinfections whichchronically
¯ plague AD sufferers. Arguments exist on
¯ how much protein is needed daily. Au- ¯
thorities suggest 0.8-1.8 grams per kilo-
" gram ofbody weight. For example, if you
¯ weigh 200 lbs., you need about 90-160
¯ grams of protein per day. This amount is
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increased if exercise, stress, exhaustion,
¯ etc. is present~
.Having the proper daily amount of protern
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~ cellular processes can take place. You
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¯ against foreign invasion at optimum pro-
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¯ extremely helpful for those with AD’s.
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National Institutes of Health. It’s designed
to study the natural course of HIV in
women.
The four-day conference drew more
than 1,500 scientists, infected women and
health policy experts. More than 120 activists
interrupted a news conference to
demand a national plan to address unique
problems they say that women, particularly
blacks and I-Iispanics,have with HIV.
Activists have long complained that educational
materials, medic~ research and
¯
treatment plans are all targeted too much
toward white males. "What is the govern¯
ment doing forme?Where is the plan and
the funding to save my life?" asked
¯
Jeatmine M. Scott, amother of three from
: Philadelphia. AIDS is the third-leading
¯ killer ofAmericanwomen ages 25-44and
the No. 1 killer of black women that age.
¯
Women constitute the fastest-growing
¯ segment of the U.S. population to become
¯ HIV-infected. While the rate of AIDS
deaths in men declined 15 percent in the
¯ first six months of last year, the rate for
¯" women increased 3 percent, according to
CDC figures.
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and their comfort levels with these individuals.
We have re-visited oui thinking
on the subject and feel it only makes good
business sense to continue toemploythose
folks who provide the quality service our
customers havecometo expectfromus..."
However, Atlanta activists claim that
none of those who were fired have been
re-hired and that others were fired because
of their sexual orentafion even after
the policy was officially rescinded.
Nor have several other demands made by
activists been honored by Cracker Barrel.
However, in Tulsa, manager Tom
Fletscher, stated that sexual orientation
was "’not an ~ssue at this location." He
noted that they had hired 192 persons of
the almost 1500 who applied, and that
neither "’race, color, creed or sexual preference"
influenced their hiring. Andwhile
Fletscher declined to say on the record if
he had any Gay or Lesbian employees, he
stated that if he did, "it would not bother
me." As for Lesbian and Gay patrons, he
noted, "money’s money" and that he’d
hate toalienate any guests.
While Tom Fletscher may not want to
say whether he has any Gay employees,
there were a couple of faces which those
who are out in Tulsa clubs might recognize.
And of 192 employees, ifouly3%or
so are Lesbian and Gay, that is still about
5 individuals.
Liberties Board and has been recognized
as a playwright.as wall.
After the awards ceremony, two videos,
UnboundandDiana’s HairEgo: AIDS
Info Up Front will be shown. Tickets are
$8 in advance, $10 at the door. Send
checks payable to NOW to Tulsa NOW,
POB 14068, Tulsa, OK 74159.
"HIV/AIDS Advocacy/Education+ the
O"klahoma State Legislature" is the rifle of
the June 10 AIDS Coalition meeting at the
Uuited Way building at 15th & Boulder.
Lobbyist Keith Smith and a representative
from the League of Women Voters
will provide insight into the "do’s and
don’t’s" for non-profit organizations at
the Capitol.
The American Theatre Company is
donating aperformance of its latest production,
Sunriseat Campobello, to benefit
IAM, Interfaith AIDS Ministries on
Thursday, May 22 at 8pro at the Williams
qaaeatre in the Performing Arts-Center.
Tickets to the dress rehearsal are $10. Call
IAM at 438-2437 for more info.
Gossip: all about the community, the
question is where is Community of Hope
United Methodist going to relocate this
June? TFN hears that College Hill Presbyterian
is a likely bet since the building
is bigger than its congregation and it’s the
most progressive ofall the local Presbyterian
churches. Also, it’s still in the Kendallv~
qfittier areas to which Coil has ties.
Parents, Families & Friends of
Lesbians and Gays
PFLAG,Tulsa Chapter
POB 52800, 74152, 749-4901
Tickets
Saturday, June 7th, 10’5pm
Sunday, June 8th, 1-5pm
$10 donation
To Benefit St. Joseph Residence & RAIN
Judy & Paul Kantor
3040 S. Wheeling
Doug & Susan Pielsticker
3032 S. Trenton
L~Yi~:Myrna Seale
2624-E. 33rd St.
are
Jared Bruce & Bruce Schultz
1915 S. Xanthus
Charles Faudree
2121 E. 32 St.
available at any of these
benefiting Tulsa Area AIDS Agencies
June 13, 14 & 15
Warren Place Doubletree Hotel
Dinner or Brunch, Cash Bar & Performance
Tickets on sale at 596-7111 or 584-2000. Outside Tulsa, call 800-364-7111.
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Saint Aidan’s
4045 No. Cincinnati, 425-7882
The Episcopal Church
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Rainbow
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Dinner Meeting at
China Dragon
6219 E. 61st
(formerly Tao-Tao)
Tuesday, May 27, 7pro
Irffo.IRSVP: 665-517~
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The
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: will have a
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Sunday School - 9:45am, Service - 11 am, 2207 E. 6th, 583-7815
Community of Hope (United Methodist), Service - 6pm, 1703 E. 2nd, 585-1800
Community Unitarian, Universalist Congregation
. Service - 1 lam, 1703 E 2nd, 749-0595
Family of Faith Metropolitan Community Church
Adult Sunday School, 9:15 Service, 11 am, 5451-E S. Mingo, 622-1441
Metropolitan Community Church of Greater Tulsa
Service, 10:45am, 1623 North Maplcwood, Info: 838-1715
PrimeTimers
Social group for men, 1st Sun/each too. 4-6pm, Pride Center, 1307 E. 38th
University of Tulsa Bisexuai/Lesbian/Gay/Transgendered Alliance
6:30 pm at the Canterbury Center, 5th & Evanston, 583-9780
~ MONDAYS
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Walk in testing: 7-8:30pm Results: 7-9pro, Info: 742-2927
PFLAG, Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians & Gays
2rid Mon/each too. 6:30pro, Fellowship Congregational Church, 2900 S. Harvard
Gay & Lesbian Book Discussion Group, Borders Bookstore
Ist Mon/each month, 7:30pm, 2740 E. 21st, 712-9955
Womens Literature Discussion Group, Borders,Bookstore
3rd Mon/each month, 7:30pm, 2740 E., 21st, 712-9955
Mixed Volleyball, 6:30pro, Hdmerich Park, 71st 8~ Riverside, 587-6557
UnityLambda Al-anon, 7:30pro, 1307 E. 38th, 2nd
~ TUESDAYS
Lesbian Mothers Support Group, 2nd+4th Tues/ea. mo. 7pm, 1307 E. 38th,
HIV+ Support Group, HIV Resource Consortium 1:30 pm
4154 S. Harvard, Ste. H-l, Info: Wanda @ 749-4194
Shanti-Tulsa, Inc. HIViAIDS Support Group, and Friends & Fatuity HIV/AIDS
Support Group - 7 pm, Locations, call: 74%7898
~ WEDNESDAYS
Bless The Lord At All Times Christian Cen~er
Prayer & Bible Study, 7:30 pm 2207 E. 6th, 583-7815
Family OfFaithMCC Praise Prayer-6:30pm, Choir-7:30,5451-E S. Mingo. 622-144 l
TNAAPP, Tulsa Native American AIDS Prevention Project
Gav/Bi Native American Men S upport Group, 6 pro, 1703 E. 2nd, 582-7225, 584=4983
TCC’Gay & Lesbian Association of Students (GLAS), Call for scheduled events.
Info: 631-7632 orJeremy at 712-1600
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CO-Dependency Support Group - 7:30 Family of Faith, 5451E S, Mingo, 622-1441
HOPE, HIV Outreach~ Prevention, Education
Anonymous HIV Testing,Testing: 7 - 8:30pro, Results: 7 - 9pm, Info: 742-2927
Oklahoma Rainbow Young Adults Network (ORYAN)
Support/social group for 18-24’s, call Red Rock Mental, Health at 663-2727
(~,.;,,~., Tulsa Family Chorale, Weekly practice - 9 30pm, Lola s, 2630 E. 15th
:From Our Hearts to Our House, 1 lpm, 3rd Thurs/each mo. Lola’s, 2630 E 15th
Substance Abuse Support Group for persons with HIV/AIDS 4154 S.Harvard,
Ste. G, 3-4:30pm, [nfo: 749-4194
~" FRIDAYS
SafeHaven, Young Adults Social Group, I st Fri/eaCh mo. 8pm, Pride Ctr., 1307 E. 38th
Arts Coffeehouse, Poetry readings & art display, June 6th, 8-10pm, Pride Ctr.,
Call Mary for more information: 743-6740
~’~ SATURDAYS
St. Jerome’s Church, Mass - 6 pm Garden Chapd, 3841 S. Peoria, Info: 742-6227
Narcotics Anonymous, 11 pm, Community of Hope,1703 E 2nd, Info: 585-1800
Fun Night at the Center, Board games, video, June 7th, 8pro, Pride Ctr.
Call Kathy for more information: 749-2883
~ OTHER GROUPS
T.U.L.S.A. Tulsa Uniform & Leather Seekers Association, info: 838-1222
Womens Supper Club, Call for info:.584-2978
SENSES, Society for Exploring New Sensations, Educating & Socializing
Leave message for Kathy, 743-4297
OK Spoke Club, Gay & Lesbian Bike Organization. Rides: 5/21,6:30pm; 5/24,
7am; 5/28, 6:30pro; 5/31, 7am. All rides start at Ziegler Park Recreation Center,
3903 W. 4th St., Info: POB 9165, 74157
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Read All About It
Reviewed by Barry Hensley
Tulsa City-County Library
Aiming mosdy for the young adult :
crowd, Gay Rights is part of a
series tiffed Current Controversies.
Ideal for school reports,
this booklooks at a few,
basic issues and examines
them through a variety of entries
that either support or oppose
the topic. Contributors
include well known figures
such as Barry Goldwater and
Andrew Sullivan, and even
includes both sides of last
summer’s Supreme Court deorion
on Colorado’s Amendment
2, which would have
barred anti-discrimination
laws based on sexual orientation.
Gay Rights is divided into
four broad chapters. The first
topic, "What Rights Should
Gays and Lesbians Have?"
includes eight passages dealing
with employment and domestic
partnership benefits,
foreign gays seeking asylum
in the U.S., and whether gay
partners should be recognized
as.family members:
Chapter 2 i_s a spirited debate
on Gay marriage. There
are predictable entries from
authors passionately defending
their positions from a political
standpoint, but also an
Gay Rights is
a won~[erful
re$ollree for
~eneral
irdormatlon
on the Gay
elvll rights
movement for
youn~ adults
and adults
alike. It ineludes
a short
bibliography
and an updated
llst of national
organlzatlons,
from the
National Gay
and Lesbian
Ta~k ForCe to
the Traditional
Families
Coalition.
interesting essay by Alison Soloman, a
Lesbian in a longterm, committed relationship,
who maintains that the governby
Lynn Elber, AP Entertainment Writer
LA, CA (AP) - They aren’t homosexual,
but Tom Hanks, William Hurt and Meryl
Streep found audience acceptance playing
gay or lesbian characters on screen.
Hanks and Hurt even struck
Oscar gold. Now,AnneHeche
may discover if turnabout is
fair play. Will the actress who
declared she’s in a lesbian relationship
with Ellen
DeGeneres be accepted in
straight romantic roles or will
her career suffer?
While some Hollywood insiders
express confidence that
Heche and those who may follow
her will get equal treatment,
others - while lauding
Heche’s candor - are pessimistic.
"I have no explanation
for it, but it’s one thing to see
me kiss a man and say, ’Well,
he’s playing a part’," said Jason
Alexander ("Seinfeld"), a
straight actor witha gay role in
the upcoming film "Love!
Valourt Compassion!""’It’s another thing
to see a gay actor in a heterosexual romantic
scene and buy into it, for most people,"
Alexander said.
Working againstHecheis the industrf s
traditional timidity and fear of that great
unknown: publicreaction. In her favor are
her talent mid, some contend, the difference
in how gay men and lesbians are
ment has no place in either Gay or straight
bedrooms.
The old "Gays in the Military" debate
rages in Chapter 3. Commonly used arguments
about perceived morale
and health problems are offset
by Goldwater’s article citing
tmfounded concerns by the
military as women and racial
minorities wereintegratedinto
the military in the past.
The final section, "Do Gays
and Lesbians Need Antidiscrimination
Laws?," is a good
overview of commouly held
beliefs on both sides of the
issue. The text of the Supreme
Court’s ruling on Colorado’s
Amendment2 is includedhere,
as is the text of the dissenting
opinion, authored by an indignant
Antonin Scalia.
Gay Rights is a wonderful
resource for general information
on the Gay civil rights
movement for young adults
and adults alike. It includes a
short bibliography and an updated
list of national organizations,
from the National Gay
and LesbianTask Force to th~
Traditional Families Coali-
~lon.
Other new titles at the library
include: Inventing Lesbian
Culture in Americ~ (edited
by Ellen Lewin) and HIV,
AIDS and the Law (1997) by
Mark Senak. Check your local
branch or call the Central Library Readers
Services (596-7966) for these and other
books of interest.
: perceived.
¯ Common sense also counts, say the
: optimists. "Gay actors have been passing
: in straight roles for centuries: I mean,
¯ c’mon, they’re actors," said Alan Klein of
should
straight
actors get to
~b.ry in
while
homosexual
performers
are limited
by their
orientation
or forced to
hide it...
the Gay & Lesbian Alliance
Against Defamation in New
York. 1
Hollywood’s got to let it
happen," said lesbian activist
Chastity Bono, whose mother
is Cher. "And if anybody can
do it, I think that Anne certainly
can. She’s an excellent
actress and has done very
sexual scenes with men and
had strong connectious with
men."
The.first test will come relatively
soon: Heche, 27, currenfly
co-stamng in "Volcano"
and "Donnie Brasco,"
will be paired with Harrison
.,F,.ord in the romantic, comedy
6 Days, 7 Nights. Filming
begins in July. Why should
moviegoers be willing to suspend
disbelief for Hanks in "Philadelphia"
(1993), Hurt in "Kiss of the Spider
Woman" (1985), Streep in "Manhattan"
(1979) and not for Heche, ask Klein and
others.
And why should straight actors get to
glory in playing gay while homosexual
performers are limited by their orientation
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Miss the Blues Festival, May 29.- June 1
by Jean-Pierre Legrandbouche
le marquis de Salade, TFN Food Critic
Early June is that wonderful time of
year when music lovers from literally all
over the world set their sites on the quiet
borough ofBartlesville,just40 shortmiles
north of Tulsa, for the widely
acclaimed OK Mozart International
Festival.
Foundedin 1983 by the cute
and very eligible flutist/conductor,
Ransom Wilson, and
his Solisti New York chamber
orchestra, artists of stratospheric
staturehave sincejour---
neyed to Bartlesvilte for a
week-long orgy of incredible
music making. This year’s
headlineris the violinist, Itzhak
Perlman, andpast seasons have
seen such stars as Joshua Bell,
Jean-Pierre Rampal, the Canadian
Brass, and Leontyne
Price. The whole town of
Bartlesville decks out in period
Viennese drag, and Austrian
delicacies pop up on
menus all over town. In between
all of the concerts, art
tours, and community showcase
events, we know you’ll
be anxious to refuel and try
out the culinary offerings of
B-ville. So, where can one go
in a town where many of the
locals think the ultimate dining
experience is the breakfast
buffet at Golden Corral?
For decades, the first place
to come to mind for tourists
and Bartians alike has been
Murphy’s Original Steakhouse,
1625 West Frank
Phillips Boulevard, way out
on the west side of town. Most
any night of the week (save
Mondays, when they are
closed), locals from all walks
oflifefrom Phillips Petroleum ¯
to cattlemen and roustabouts, rub shoul- "
ders and literally stand in line waiting for "
a booth at this quaint diner. ¯
The classic Murphy’s entree is the Hot "
H.amburger, a large hamburger patty with "
omons fried into it, presented drenched in ¯
a healthy dose of rich, brown gravy. All ."
entrees come with a shredded iceberg "
lettuce salad and the choice of either a "
mountain of big, thick, greasy, wonderful
French fries or an absolutely enormous ¯
baked potato, easily bigger than two of the "
~pOtatoes seen at most restaurants. The big "
leasant) surprisehereis the price. Would ¯
you believe that this huge meal costs less °
than $5,00? ¯
Steaks, of course, are also available, ¯
cooked precisely to please, and all extremely
reasonably priced. In fact, the
most expensive item on the menu is the °
Sirloin for Two at $16.95, and it is easily ¯
big enough to ser.ve three adequately. ¯
Expect the waitresses to call all of their
customers. "Hon," and to have mastered ¯
the amazang skill of balancing an entire ¯
table’s order of hot plates on one arm. ¯
This is a family place where everybody .
knows everybody, and during a visit last "
December, we were given a little Christ- ¯
mas baggie of peanut brittle by our wait- ¯
ress, which she personally had made at "
home for her best customers: That tells ¯
you what kind of a place Murphy’s is. ¯
But, sometimes one is not in the mood "
to consume several tons of seared cow
" flesh, and there are alternatives. One of
¯ our reliable standbys is the Hunan Chi-
: nese Restaurant 1350 Southeast Washington
Boulevard (U.S. Highway 75),just
¯ north of the Holiday Inn. Hunan is situated
most upi+"quely in a structure
originally built to house a
Dutch pancakehouse, and that
decor has not been modified.
A $6.95 dinner buffet is available,
and features a fine assortment
of high quality Chinese
dishes, but we recommend
one order from the
menu, if time permits.
Hunan’s dishes are prepared
with exceptional artistry, and
the melange of flavor~ ereated
in the kitchen is exquisite.
Many of the familiar Chinese
dishes which have gotten
so boring at other estab=
lishments take on a wonderful
freshness and interest here,
and this is a places where we
enjoy allowing our waiter to
select all of the foods.
Another statewide favorite
in Bartlesville for both
dining and. catering is Dink’s
Pit Bar-BrQue, 2929 East
Frank Phillips Boulevard,just
a few blocks west of Washington
Bfulevard (Highway
75). Those who visited
Bartlesvil[¢.years ago may
remember that Frank Phillips
Boulevard is the old route of
U.S. Highway 60, before the
new road was built a half mile
south. Dink’s is another very
casual place, but there is no
other option when one ,digs
into a big rack of ribs, dripping
an flavorful sauce, that
soon covers face, fingers, and
clothes. This place is so mforreal,
that one often has to ask the waitress
for afork with which to eat the cole slaw!
One warning: Order conservatively. The
portions here are large, and reorders (if
there’s room) are quick in coming to the
table.
Next door to I)ink’s is Bartlesville’s
entry in the elegant dining category,
Sterling’s Grille, 2905 East Frank Phillips
Boulevard. Sterling’s is another popular
night spotand local caterer. Considered to
be "very expensive" by the locals, their
prices are really much more in line with
what we see in Tulsa at places like
T.G.I.Friday’s or Grady’s American Grill.
Sterling’s also serves steaks as a specialty
of the house, and touts several pasta and.
fresh-frozen seafood dishes. While it is
¯ probably the bestBarflesville has to offer,
itis not, alas, up to Tulsa standards for this
category of restaurant. Nevertheless, this
will probably be your first choice if you
have your elderly maiden aunt in tow
A word of advice about dirang out in
Bartlesville: mostrestaurantkitchens close
up tight before 9 p.m. And, the places
mentioned in this review are all popular
spots with the locals, crowded on a normal
night. So, with all of the throngs of
tourists and visitors during the festival,
reservations will be a must at Steding’s
(call at least a week in advance). Neither
Murphy’s nor ])ink’s accept reservations,
so go to those places very early.
During the Festival, see B’ville, page 14
In between
concerts, art
tours, and
community
Showcase
events
we know
you’ll be
anxious to
refuel and try
out
culinary
B-:,d.lle. So,
w]~ere can one
go in a town
wl~ere many
of th+ local+
t nk the
ultimate
dining
experlenee
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b fet at
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they argue. "It’s a very strange dbuble
standard," said Jeffrey Friedman, co-director
and co-producer of "The Celluloid
Closet," a documentary on Hollywood’s
treatment of homosexuality. There is an
unquestionable allure in gay roles m recent
years. Some 40 actors, for example,
competed for the drag queen part that
Patrick Swa~ze won in ’‘To Wang Fad,
Thanks for Everything! Love, Julie
Newmar." "The actors were beating down
our doors," recalled producer Bruce
Cohen.
Audiences have, at times, been equally
enthusiastic. Although ’%Vong Fad" did
only moderately well ($36.4 million),
"Philadelphia" grossed an impressive
$77.3 million.’’The Birdcage," with Robin
Williams and Nathan Lane, did even better
with $124 million.
Expecting a similar reaction to films
featuring gay actors in straight roles may
be wishful thinking, said Doug Chapin, a
manager and producer of "Love! Valour!
Compassion!" Chapin, himself gay, says
he would advise clients thinking of coming
out to, "Be prepared. This could have
a negative impact."
Joey Lauren Adams, a straight actress
playing a bisexual in "Chasing Amy,"
notes that actors fret about how many
issues, not just sexual orientation, might
affect their careers. "I knew an actress
whose agent toldher she couldn’t tell
anyone she had a daughter, because then
she would only be:cast in mommy roles,"
s.aid Adams.
Heche’s own h’0nesty might have less
impact because oPher gender, some suggest.
"The culture’ is much more used to
selling the romatltic fantasy of sex between
two women, and men don’t find it
as threatening; they find it somewhat titillating,"
said Chapin. "And I don’t think
women are as threatened by gay women
as men are by gay men."
"Wang Fad’" producer Cohen agrees
that homosexual women are better positioned
for acceptance, but he believes that
is because of the gumpraon they’ve already
shown. "When you look at k.d.
lang, Melissa Etheridge and Ellen
DeGeneres and Anne now, there’s sort of
this whole line of brave women pioneers
and the boys are still in the closet quiverrag,"
he said. When a actor finally does
make the leap, "if they’re accepted, everybody
might say, ’Guess what? The
public doesn’t have any harder time with
men than with women’," he said.
There is a kind of retro example available:
Rock Hudson, whose homosexuality
became known shortly before his 1985
AIDS-related death, seems to be accepted
as a straight romantic star. "I’ve never
heard commentary from viewers suggesting
otherwise," said Ken Schwab, vice
president ofprogrammingforTurner Classic
Movies. The cable channel shows such
ttudson films as "’Pillow Talk" and "Lover
Come Back." "It’s the movies themselves
that our viewers assess, and they don’t
uecessarily take into account the star’s
lifestyle," said Schwab.
GLa,AD’s Levine notes that several
top male stars repeatedly have been the
subject of gay gossip and yet haven’t seen
their careers disrupted. He predicted the
same for an actor who comes out. "If
they "re cast correctly and they’re talented,
you will get drawn into the story and it
will resonate for you. Are you really going
to say [of a film], ’I’m not going to
believe this Story, he’s really gay’?"
Supporters argued the bill doesn’t approve
or disapprove of homosexuality,
but simply assures that gays have the
sameprotections as everyone else at work,
renting a room or going out to dinner.
’q2tis is not a radical bill," said Sen.
Debora Pignatelli. "It is supported by
mainstream people because it is a mainstream
bill for fair treatment. It is a bill
about treating others as we would want
people to treat us and our children."
Pignatelli said the bill only addresses
the stares of a person, not his or her
conduct. "Its aim is to prevent people
from being deprived of housing, a job, or
public accommodations solely onaccount
of their sexual preference," she said. It
would help ensure that homosexuals
"share in the American dream of a safe
and peaceful home, a good job for those
willing to work and a seat, any seat, on the
bus." "This Legislature isn’t here to create
special rights, but it is here to create
equal protection under the law," added
Sen. Edward Gordon.
Opponents said the bill is flawed and
will open employers to lawsuits by disgruntled
employees claiming they were
fired-or weren’t promoted because they
are gay. Sen. Gary Francoeur said the bill
would mean "any bizarre sexual behavior
would be protected." "America favors
equal rights, not special rights in the workplace,"
he said. Hepredicted it wouldlead
to workplace laxvsuits and would prevent
employers from hiring, firing and promoting
whom they choose based on their
religious bdiefs:
But Sen. Burt Cohen pointed out that
Gays have no legal recourse now when
someone discriminates against them. ’‘This
is about equal rights for all;" he said. "No
more, no less." Claire Ebel of the New
Hampslfire Civil Liberties Union was
elated. "It is the most overwhehning sense
of relief to finally achieve something so
needed," she said.
The National Gay and Lesbian Task
Force commended ,.~ew Hampshire legislators
for passing the bill. "Today’s vote
sends a signal that New Hampshire values
and respects all its citizens," said Kerry
Lobd, the group’s executive director.
Maine Too!
The Maine House passed a comprehensive
bill to extend basic civil rights protections
to its Gay and Lesbian citizens,
two days after New Hampshire did the
same. The Maihe House voted 84-61 last
week to provide civil rights protections to
gay people in employment, housing, public
accommodations and credit. The state
Senate passed the measure a day beforeby
a 28-5 vote. After a procedural vote by
both chambers, Gov. Angus King, an independent,
is expected to sign the measure.
Once these bills are signed, 11 states --
including all of New England -- will have
laws to prohibit discrimination on the
basis of sexual orientation. "These votes
demonstrate anew momentumin the quest
for gay civil rights," said Elizabeth Birch,
HRC’s executive director. "Maine and
New Hampshire stand ready to join the
nine states that already treat their gay and
lesbian citizens equally." However, she
noted that in all the other states, gay
people have no legal recourse if they are
discriminated against merely because of
their sexual orientation. No federal law
protects Americans from discrimination
based on sexual orientation.
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without fact. Foley said he expects all
briefs to be filed by Jt]ne.
The Legislature has approved a proposed
constitutional amendment to limit
marriage to opposite-sex partners..The
proposed amendment will be submitted t<
voters in the November 1998 general election.
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will withhold its ruling in the case until
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Same-Gender Marriage
Bill in Louisiana
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Sen. Phil
Short did not get to usebis latest argument
on the subject of same-sex marriages because
he realized, after looking around
the Senate floor, that he still didn’t have
the votes to pass a constitutional amendment
banning such unions. Short, one of
the members of the Christian Right in the
Senate, did not quote from the Bible during.
Tuesday’s debate as he did earlier.
But., Sen. Tom Greene said that the law
must be fashioned along the lines ofGod’s
plan. "I don’t mean to preach to you, just
share with you," said Greene. "God created
man and woman and gave us an
instruction book, the Bible, alove letter to
us....The most important thing is that the
laws and constitution must be in concert
with God’s plan." God’s plan does not
condone homosexuality, said the proponents.
The opposition pointed out that the stat=
utes currently outlaw same sex marriages
and that the prohibition has been in place
since Louisiana became a state. "I’his bill
~s not necessary," said Sen. Jim Cox who
said the only thing that can come from it
is heightening tensions and dividing
people.
Sen. Ken Hollis noted that he was not
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session when the bill failed to get the
necessary votes, but needed to state his
opinion. "It is my conviction that those
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Proponents quoted heavily from the
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of senators who complained privately
that the Christian right was forgetting the
doctrine of separation of church and state.
Colorado Bans Same
Gender Marriage
DENVER (AP) - A bill intended to outlaw
homosexual marriages in Colorado
has been approved by the Legislature, but
some lawmakers said it Conld iuadvertenfly
ban common-law marriages. Opponents
said the problem is the part that
defines marriage. It says a marriage is
valid only when itis between a man and a
woman and is "licensed, solemnized and
registered."
Supporters, though, said the intent of
HB 1198 is to ban same-sex mamages in
the Colorado. Legislative staffers told the
committee that Colorado courts longhave
re~coguized common-law marriages. A
couple can be considered legally married
if they live together and present themselves
as husband and wife. The bill, in
plain English, defmes marriagebutdcesn’ t
address common-law unions,Arnold said.
"As an old plain English teacher, I’d
like to tell you what it says," Sen. Pat
Pascoe said. "In plain English, commonlaw
marriages would be illegal because
they aren’t licensed, solemnized and registered."
Sen. Dick Mutzebaugh said he
had advice for people worried about the
legality of their common-law relationships.
"Get married," he said.
Senate Minority Leader Mike Feeley
argued the bill wasn’t needed. "None of
us have ever seen a same-sex marriage in
Colorado. We don’t need to live in fear. It
has never been legal in Colorado," he
said. Gov~ Roy Romer vetoed similar legislation
last year. He threatened to do the
same this year if language explicitly forbidding
marriage between homosexuals
wasn’t changed. That language was
dropped in favor of the definition of a
legal marriage. Arnold said he wasn’t
concerned Romer would veto the bill because
of the contested language. The governor
suggested thefinal wording, he said.
with a reception afterwards, 1703 E. 2nd.
On June 8th, the Church of the Restoration
Unitarian will have its service at
l lam, at 1304 No. Greenwood.
¯ In Oklahoma City, there will be a NW ¯
39th Block Party on,~unday, June 15th,
¯
from 4ish to sunset. :T~e statewide Pride
¯ Parade will be prece~,~ed by several events
¯ on Sunday, June 22~at-Memorial Park, ¯
NW 35th & Classen. There will be an
¯ Ecumenical Pride Worship Service, fol-
.. lowed by a Holy Union;Ceremony at lpm
¯ conducted by The RdV. Kathy McCallie.
¯ At 1:45, a political r,ally is planned by
¯ OGLPC, the Oklahoma Gay & Lesbian
¯ Political Caucus, with Patti Barby, Candidate
for US Cong~.ess, 5th District and
¯ Mary Katherine Smotherman, Candidate
for US Congress, 6th District Oklahoma,
¯ speaking/Sen. Bernest Cain ofOKC will
¯ read a Senate Proclamation honoring the
¯ Gay Pride Parade. Then the Parade Line-
: up (first come, first lined up) will start at
¯ 3pm, and the Parade itself will kick off at
¯ 4pm (more or less). For more informa-
¯ tion, call the Pride Center Helplineat 743-
¯ 4297. ¯
Also, in what might be regarded as a
¯ concession to the Pride season, OETA,
¯ the Oklahoma Educational Television
: Authority is airing a Masterpiece Theatre
¯ performance, Breaking theCode.Tlfis was
aired in the rest of the country last winter
but was replaced with a rerun-of Mystery
here. Some observers felt thatOETA may
." have made the substitution because of the
¯ Gay issues in the piece. The performance
¯ dealt with the life of Alan Turing, a Gay British mathematician who deciphered
¯ the message code used by the Nazis in’the
¯ Second World War. His work contributed
¯ substantially to Allied successes. After ¯ the War, Turing experienced substantial
: harassment because of being Gay and
¯ committed suicide. While OETA Pro¯
gramming Director Bill Thresh denied that the OETA substitution was moil-
. vated by anti-Gay bias or by fear of budgetary
punishmentby thein-session Okla-
" homa Legislature (the Legislamrewill be
¯ nearly done and unlikely to be able to
attack OETA in June), Thresh did note
¯ that the station had received a significant
¯
numberofcallsfromthecommunityabout
¯ this program.
¯ Breaking the Codewill air onTuesday,
June 3 at 10:30pm on Channel 11 in
¯ northeastern Oklahoma. For more infor-
¯ mation, call 800-TRY-OETA.
Sterling’s and the Villa Italia at the
Phillips Hotel schedule special "late
night" seatings on some nights, but
otherwise, after-concert dining may
well be limited to the Kettle.
The Festival itself also has a number
of advance-ticketed Austrian
meals at the Community Center,
wonderful desserts and coffees are
served on the balcony during the inte~
s, outdoor food stands are open
d~:iig the day, and there are often
post-concert showcase events, such
as dessert in the penthouse of .the
Price Tower. These meals and events
are all worth a special look.
So, now that you are armed with a
list of places to see and foods to eat in
Bartlesville, have a wonderful time
at the Festival. And, keep these restaurants
in mind for those special
summertime treks with the kids to
WoolarocMuseum, Keepsake Candle
Factory, theTallgrass Prairie, and the
Sutton Avian Research Center.
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Pride, Center
A Home for Tulsa’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgendered Community Announces
’97 Pri-de Events Schedule
Tulsa .March & Picnic
Saturday, June 14
Pride March: at 11:30am from Gilcrease Road &
Edison St. to Owen Park (Edison St. at Quanah)
Pride Picnic: Noon to 5pm,
Opening ceremonies, 12:12:30
BYOF (bring your own food.), refreshments
donated by Pepsi, Coors, Miller & Bud.
Booths for Community organizations (call for
info. 743-4297)Vollyball, tennis, music.
Family fun for all.
Pride Worship Services
Community Unitarian Universalist Congregation
June 1st, llam, reception after, 1703 E. 2nd
Church of the Restoration Unitarian
June 8th, 11am, 1304 No. Greenwood
OKC Events
Sunday, June 15th
NW 39th Block Party, 4ish to dark
Sunday, June 22
Memorial Park, NW 35th & Classen
Ecumenical Pride Worship. Service, lpm
Holy Union Ceremony conducted by The Rev.
--~ :~Kat~Y~MCCall!e~ 1:45
Political Rally by OGLPC, the Oklahoma Gay &
Lesbian Political Caucus, Speakers: Paul Barby,
Candidate for US Congress, 5th District
Marv Katherine Smotherman, Candidate for US
Congress, 6th District
Oklahoma Senate Proclamation honoring the Gay
Pride Parade .by Sen. Bernest Cain of OKC
Parade Line-up (first come, first lined up), 3pro,
Parade Kick-off, 4pm
Pride Center
A Home for Tulsa’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgendered Community Continues
Ple.dge ’97
A Pledge Campaign to Support,.Your.Center
The dream of a Community Center finally came true - and you can help it continue and grow!
The Pride Center provides a.meeting place for the Prime Timers, Friends in Unity Social Organization, Safe Haven,
Rainbow Business Guild, Lambda Unity A1-Anon, Lambda AA, the Parish Church of Saint Jerome,
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April 15 - May 14, 1997, v. 4, no. 5
Serving Tulsa’s Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual & Trans Communities
Lesbians’ Kids: Just Fine
WASHINGTON (AP) - Lesbians who become parents
through artificial insemination are rinsing emotionally
healthy and well-adjusted children, according to three
new studies presented at a recent meeting of social
scientists. Researchers said standardpsychological tests
found no significant differences between children of
lesbian parents and those of heterosexual parents.
"When you look at kids with standard psychological
assessments, you can’t tell who has alesbian parent and
who has a heterosexual parent," said Charlotte J.
Patterson, a University of Virginia researcher. ’°That’s
really the main finding from these studies." The studies
were conducted in the United States, Britain and the
Netherlands. They were presented at a meeting of the
Society for Research on Child Development.
"Most of the children in the lesbian families were
conceived at fertility clinics. Some of the children of
heterosexual parents also were conceived at fertility
clinics, see Kids, page 3
Marriage Update
Oregan Ban on Marriage?
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - A bill that would define marriage
as a union between a man and a woman drew emotional
testimony at a legislative hearing. Suzanne Cook testified
Thursday that being raised by a gay father denied
her a proper role model and led her to a life of pronnscuity,
drug abuse and depression. "I believe homosexual
marriage is detrimental to our society," Cook
said. But Donna Saffir told the committee, "I am here
.today as a very upset and angry mother." The legislation
Is mean-spirited and a veiled attack on her gay son and
her family, she said.
About 60 people packed a hearing room to listen to
the first debate on the bill, -known as the Defense of
Marriage Act. Opponents argued thatunder current law,
gay men and lesbians cannot marry in Oregon anyway.
They accused supporters of pushing the bill tO promote
intolerance of homosexuals. Supporters claim to have
enough votes to pass it through the Republican:controlled
Houseand Senate. Gov. John Kitzhaber, aDemocrat,
opposes the bill, but it is uncertain whether he
might veto it.
"The institution ofmarriag,,e is not under attack by the
gay and lesbian community, Said R~p. ChuC,k C~n:’
ter, one of three openly gay House members. "To me,
this piece oflegislation is amean and vindictive ai~ck.."
But Sen.~ob Kintigh, said his marriage of 53 years Was
.... s~dcial. ’The relatiOnship we have.i~ad ic~tdd:not::l~
duplicatedby twopeople ofthe samesex," Kintigh Said.
Hawaii House & Senate
Wrangle Over Marri ige
HONOLULU (AP) - The state House won’t budge
from its position that a proposed constitutional amendment
state clearly that marriage in Hawaii t0be limited
to couples of the opposite sex,H0use Speaker Joseph
Sould said. That position stands, even if it pushes the
same-sex marriage dispute into next year, he said. Sould
and House Judiciary ConLmittee see Vows, page 12
"Christians’, Harassing
Gays in Riverside Park?
TULSA - Jimmy Flowers, a Gay civil rights and HIV activist,
livesnear Riverside Park and frequently goes to feed the ducks
and geese near the 21st Street Pavilion. On April 14th around 1
pm, he went as usual, and after feeding the birds, sat to enjoy the
sun near the cage.
Flowers says he noticed-a group of couples going up to
individuals in the park but that he didn’t pay much attention until
they came up to him. He says that this group of male/female
couples asked him if he was Gay. Not being particularly shy,
Flowers answered tothe effect of’:yes and do you have a problem
with that?" Heclaims that theirresponse was that"this is afamily,
Christian park," that Gays are "child molesters" and are not
welcome, and that he should leave. Flowers notes that he, as a
longume activist, was not the person to whom they should have
said that. The couples told Flowers that they would’all the police
if he did not leave. Flowers said he’d love for them to call the
police, and that he was proud to be Gay and see Park. page 3
Ellen Coming Out!
Pride Center to Hold Watch Party
NEW YORK (AP) - Ellen DeGeneres is coming out in real life,
too. After a season of controversy-stirring rumors, her character
on "Ellen" will acknowledge her homosexuality on the ABC
sitcom April 30. Now, DeGeneres says she’s a lesbian, too.
"When I decided to have my character on the show come out,
I knew I was going to have to come out too," DeGeneres says in
the latest Time magazine. "But I didn’t want to talk about it until
the show was done. I never wanted to be the lesbian actress. I
never wanted to be the spokesperson for the gay community.
Ever. I did it for my own truth."
DeGeneres admits being confused sexually as a young woman.
"I dated guys," she says. "I liked guys. But I knew that I liked girls
too. I just didn’t know what to do with that." The 39-year-old
comedian says she quit dating men at about age 20 and recently
met a woman she hopes to forge see Ellen, page 3
3rd TU Film Festiv lll=i TULSA - The Bisexual/.Lesbian/Gay/Transgendered Alliance
of the University of Tulsa (BLGTA) is presenting the 3rd Tulsa
Gay & Lesbian Film Festival on April 18-20 in’ Lorton Hall
The Festival was originally ojoint effort of the then BLGA and
Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights (TOHR) and Tulsa Family
News. The films and videos for the first Festival in 1994 were
selected by a student and community committee lead by Jason
~S,_n~_’_th of the BLGA and by Tom Neal for TOHR. Tulsa Family
News was and continues to be the media sponsorfor the Festival.
The original festival included 15 works that ranged from 1975
to 1992, and varied from highly inaccessible and experimental to
very conventional styles. Two works by the late and acclaimed
filmmaker, Marion Riggs, were featured. Most of the w6rks were
from theUS buttwo were Canadian.Amodest donation benefitted
the BLGA and TOHR.
The 2nd Film Festival at TU was produced in 1996 as part of
TU’s 2nd Annual World Cinema Festival presented by the TU
Student Association and the BLGA. This event was free and
featured film and video organized around three themes. The first
n~ght was Gay & Lesbian History, see Film, page 3
HIVIAlDS Conference
Facing the HIV/AIDS Crisis, a Callfor Unity andAction will be
held ~n April 18 at the Rogers University Tulsa Campus Confer-
:~ ence tseat~t at700 No. Greenwood. The Conference 6~ganizedby
¯¯ members ofTulsa’sAfrican-Americancommunity to address the
particular ways that HIV/AIDS is impacting people of color,
," .w.Qmen ,and yOUth wi.ll feature anoon address by Dr. M. J0ycelyn
: Elders,:form~rUS~urgeonGeneral~. :~ , ; i .= " ’. ~
: The conference i.~ divided int0 three tracks beginning after:the
¯ welcome at 9 am: youth, general and clergy issues. A particular
: goal of the conference according to organizer Beverly Benton is
to get North Tulsa churches more involved in HIV/AIDS issues.
¯ And the conference is sponsored by. several churches: Higher ¯
¯ Dimensions Family Church, Revelations-Revealed Truth Evan- gelistic Center, United Methodist Oklahoma ConferenceAIDS
¯ Taskforc¢ and Co.mm~unity of Hope, TU’s Canterbury ~,entef,
¯ Al! Tribes ~o.ring_mfi_’t3; ~hurch, as well as rndtiy brg~z,~tion~
from PFLAG to the NAACP.
¯ " R~’gls’~afi6iiincludes lunch andis $25 ($10/students). At 6 pm,
the Gospel Fest AIDS Memorial Service will be held at the
Greenwood Cultural Center. This event is free. Info: 622-6059
New AIDS Czar Praised
WASHINGTON - The Human Rights Campaign
(HRC), the AIDS Action Council and other DC
based organizations praised the selection of Sandra
L. Thurman as the new White House "AIDS czar."
"’Sandra Thurman is a solid choice to take the
Office of National AIDS Policy to the next level
said Elizabeth Birch, HRC’s executive director.
"She brings the right mix of leadership, political
skills and commitment to the fight against HIV and
AIDS.’"
The HRC legislative director, Winnie
Stachelberg, added Thurman has the experience to
design and execute the administration’s programs
in the changing struggle to end the HIV/AIDS
epidemic. "Thurman was intricately involved in
the creation and enactment of the Ryan White
CAREAct in 1990 and its reauthorizadonin 1995,"
said Stachelberg, who is a member of the executive
committee of the tunbrella group National Organizations
Responding to AIDS. "She knows AIDS
policy and politics from the inside -a critical
combination of skills for this job.’"
Thurman becomes the third person to hold the
position known informally as the national AIDS
czar. Thurman, a native of Atlanta, is past executive
director of AID Atlanta, the Southeast’s first
and largest AIDS service provider. Under her stewardship,
AID Atlanta tripled in size, becoming a
multimillion-dollar direct service agency with 90
staffers’and more than 1,000 volunteers, serving
thousands of individuals and families with HIV
and AIDS.
Oklahoma Gay Rodeo
Oklahoma City will host the 12th Great Plains
Regional Rodeo organized by the Oklahoma Gay
Rodeo Association (OGRA) on Memorial Day
weekend, May 23-25. It features 2 days of rodeo at
the OKC State Fair~rounds and 3 nights of parties
and exhibits at the Hilton Inn NW. A ticket package
is available for $36 which includes the competitions,
a barbecue dinner, Friday night party and
Sunday’s award ceremony.
OGRA began in 1984. The Great" Plains Regional
Rodeo was formed through the efforts of
Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma and held its first
rodeo in 1986. In 1993, Arkansas formed the Diamond
Stare RodeoAssociation andjoined the Great
Plains organization. OGRA gave over $10,000 to
HIViAIDS organizations in the state.
¯ Membership is not limited to rodeo competitors.
¯ Members of OGRA participate in events ranging ¯
from campouts, trailrides, shows and fun
¯" fundraisers. For more information, call 405-842-
0849. Hotel reservations can be made by calling 1-
¯" 800-848-4811. The next regional rodeo will be in
"- Kansas City in August.
i Tahlequah’s Stonewall
: League Aims to Serve.
: Tahlequah’s Stonewall League may be small but is
: definitely ambitious. They aim to provide support,
¯ advocacy, outreach and education to Lesbian, Bi-
: sexual, Gay, Transgendered and Intersexual per-
. sons. For now, the fledgling group has conceni
trated.0n ~Upport;and.q0mmunity building but they.
¯ also hope to provide a safe space for you~ iidul~ ......
¯ whoarejustdiscoveringtheiridentities.TheI_~ague
¯ meets at a friendly religious organization on the
," 2nd &4th Thursdays each month, andis open to all
: wh0silPi~4 ~he.g~lslofthe .League For informa-
¯ tion, leave a message at 918-456-7900.
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US & WORLD NEWS P. 4
HEALTH NEWS P. 6
HEALTH & WELLNESS COLUMN P.7
COMMUNITY CALENDAR P. 9
ENTERTAINMENT NOTES P. 10
BOOK REVIEW .... P. 10
RESTAURANT REVIEW P. 11
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It’ s interesting to watch the machinations of the latest Oklahoma City_ export that’s come to Tulsa.with grand ambitions - and grand
pretensions, but also with he-humjournalism and questionable business practices. Once again, some OKC residents have decided that
they know what’s best for the rest of the state. Pity that we were just too witless to realize that we needed them to save us. Oh well.
What we’re talking about is the warma-be Dallas Voice weekly rag. Unfortunately while they’ve mostly got the weekly part down,
they haven’t gotten the quality local journalism part that The Dallas Voice has provided for years. Despite claims of local coverage,
their content remains consistently almost all wire stories. The slight local content is inaccuratemoreoften than not. AndTulsa observers
are regularly amused by the consistently fictional aspects of parts of their Tulsa calendar.
In contrast, The Gayly Oklahoman and Tulsa Family News have provided consistent, serious and nationally praised coverage ofOKC
and Tulsa news, respectively. And while we cannot speak for The Gayly, Tulsa Family News has always been run on sound financial
principles. While we never, ever will get rich, TFN was in the black from its first issue, see Spit, page 3
Tulsa Clubs & Restaurants
*Bmnboo Lounge, 7204 E. Pine
*Concessions, 3340 S. Peoria
*Lola’s, 2630 E. 15th
*Gold Coast Coffee House, 3509 S. Peoria
*Ground Floor Cafe, 51st & Harvard
*St. Michael’s Alley Restaurant, 3324-L E, 31st
*Samson & Delilah Restaurant, 10 E. Fifth
*Silver Star Saloon, 1565 Sheridan
*Renegades Rainbow Room, 1649 S. Main
*TNT’s, 2114 S. Memorial
"*Tool Box, 1338 E. 3rd
832-1269
744-0896
749-1563
749-4511
749-5678
745-9998
585-2221
834-4234
585-3405
660-0856
584-1308
*Interurban Restaurant, 717 S. Houston 585-3134
Tulsa Businesses, Services, & Professionals
Advanced Wireless & PCS, Digital Cellular 747-1508
*Affimty News, 8120 E. 21 610-8510
Deuni s C. Arnold, Realtor 746-4620
*Assoc. in Med. & Mental Health, 2325 S. Harvard 743-1000
Kent Balch & Associates, Health & Life Insurance 747-9506
*Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 8620 E. 71 250-5034
Body Piercing by Nicole, 2722E. 15 712-1122
*Borders Books & Music, 2740 E. 21 712-9955
Brookside Jewelry, 4649 So. Peoria 743-5272
*Creative Collection, 1521 E. 15 592-1521
Cherry St. Psychotherapy, 1515 S. Lewis -581-0902, 743-4117
Counnunity Cleaning, Kerby Baker 622-0700
Tim Daniel, Attorney 352-9504, 800-742-9468
*Deco to Disco, 3212 E. 15th 749-3620
*Devena’s Gallex3’, 13 Brady 587-2611
Doghouse on Brookside, 3311 S. Peoria 744-5556
Don Carlton Mitsubishi, 46th & Memorial 665-6595
Don Carlton Honda, 4141 S. Memorial 622-3636
*Elite Books & Videos, 821 S. Sheridan 838-8503
Tulsa Organizations, L;hurches, & Universities
AIDS Walk Tulsa, POB 1071,74101-1071 579-9593
Black & White, Inc. POB 14001, Tulsa 74159 587-7314
*Bless The Lord at All Times Christian Center. 2207 E. 6 583-7815
*B/L/G Alliance, Univ. of Tulsa Canterbury Ctr. 583-9780
*Chapman Student Ctr., University of Tulsa, 5th PI & Florence
*Community ofHope United Methodist, 1703 E. 2nd 585-1800
*Community Unitarian-Universalist Congregation 749-0595
*Church of the Restoration, 1314 N.Greenwood 587-1314
Dignity/Integrity-Lesbian/Gay Catholics/EpiscopaL 298-4648
*Family of Faith MCC, 5451-E So. Mingo 622-1441
*Fellowship Congreg. Church, 2900 S. Harvard 747-7777
*Free SpiritWomens Center, call for location &info: 587-4669
Friend For A Friend, POB 52344, 74152 747-6827
Friends in Unity Social Org. (African-American mens group)
POB 8542, 74101, call c/o HOPE @ 712-1600
HOPE, HIV Outreach, Prevention, Education, 1307 E. 38, 2ndft.
712-1600, HOPE Anonymous HIV Testing Site, 742-2927
TNAAPP (Native American men), Indian Health Care 582-7225
Interfaith AIDS Ministries 438-2437, 800-284-2437
838-1715
749-4194
748-3111
365-5658
584-7960
749-4901
587-7674
743-4297
749-4195
665-5174
584-2325
¯ attn: Jean-Pierre Legrandbouche ¯
re: March ’97 restaurant review
¯ When writing, your articles, I should
¯ think thatyou should add that your critic’s ¯
are based on a personal opinion. By not
¯
doing so you have not only insulted your
¯ hostess, in more ways than one but about
50,000 people thathave eat (sic) atMolly’s
Landing on an average each year for the
: last 12 years.
Before stating how overly expensive
you feel that Molly’s is, have you ever
tired some of the other restaurants in the
Tulsa area, because.you not-ouly.pay a
equal amount for the entree, but you pay
extra for the baked potato and/or salads.
No hints will be given, because we feel
you need the experience.
If you did some investigation, I think
you will find that your beloved
Montrachet’s is closed because people
didu’t like the food. I realize that not
everyone has the same pallet (sic), bnt
there are enough people to keep a restaurant
open that has decent food.
Most people feel it a compliment to
Molly’s that people from all walks of life
and every dress preference, feel comfortable
and enjoy the same food in the stone
buildiug, at the stone time.
Molly’s was approached not long ago
to adve’rtise in you paper, I wonder how
the critic would have read (sic) had we
doue so. - Molly’s Landing, Linda Powell
Editor’s note:
Several ofMs. l~owell’s claims deserve
correction. TFN’s restaurant critic works
independently. A professional who has
traveled attddined widely, attd who has
visited nearly all ofTulsa"s better restaurants,
he is well qualified to comtnent on
the ones he chooses to review. Furthermore.
neither I nor any other member of
TFN staff have ever solicited Molly’s
Ixznding for advertising: We suspect that
"" Ms. Powell may have confused us with
¯ l)dsa Kids or Oklahoma Family. And as
¯ publisher and editor, l neither assign nor
¯ prohibit the coverage of any establish-
’. ment by this independent. 1 limit my edit-
" ing to issues oflength and the excision of
¯~ the rare, over-the-top c.omment. There-
. jbre, the suggestion that somehow there
¯ could be a connection between your deci-
¯ sionsaboutadvertisingandTFN’sreview
has less than no merit.
Infact. there has been only one restau-
*Ross Edward Salon, 1438 S. Boston
Leaune M. Gross, Financial Planning
Mark T. Hamby, Attorney ..
*Sandra J. Hill, MS, Psychotlaerapy, 2865 E. Skelly
*International Tours
Jacox Animal Clinic, 2732 E. 15th
Ken’s Flowers, 1635 E. 15
Kelly Kirby, CPA, POB 14011, 74159
l~mgley Agency, 1104 S. Victor
bean Ann Macomber, Realtor Associate
Susan McBay, MSW: Earth-Centered Counseling
*Midtown Theater, 319 E. 3
Mingo Valley Flowers, 9720C E. 31
*Mohawk Music, 6157,E~ ,51, PI
*Nothing Shocking Salon, 2722 E. 15
*NOvd Idea Bookstore, 51st & Harvard
David A. Paddock, CPA, 4308 S. Peoria, Ste. 633
Pet Pride, Dog & Cat Grooming
The Pride Store, 1307 E. 38, 2nd floor
th~ppy Pause .II, 1 lth & Mingo
584-0337
744-0102
744-7440
745-1111
341-6866
712-2750
599-8070
747-5466
592-1800
671-2010
592-1260
584;3112
663-5934
.664-2951
712-1123
747-6711
747-7672
584-7554
743~4297
838-7626
Richard’s Carpet Cleaning 834-0617
Scott Robison’s Prescriptions, see ad for 3 locations, 743-2351
Teri Schutt, Rex Realtors 834-7921,.747-4746
*Scribner’s Bookstore, 1942 Utica Square 749-6301
*Tulsa Book Exchange, 3749 S. Peoria 742-2007
*Tulsa Comedy,Club, 6906 S. Lewis 481-0558
Fred Welch, LCSW, Counseling 743-1733
*Whittier News Stand, 1 N. Lewis 592-0767
*MCC of Greater Tulsa, 1623 N. Maplewood
*HIV Resource Ctr., 4154 S. Harvard, Ste. H-1
NAMES PROJECT, 4154 S. Harvard, Ste. H-1
NOW, Nat’l Org. for Women, POB 14068, 74159
OK Spokes Club (bicycling), POB 9165,74157
*Our House, 1114 S. Queer
PFLAG , POB 52800, 74152
*Planned Parenthood, 1007 S. Peoria
*The Pride Center, 1307 E. 38, 2nd floor
Prime-Timers, P.O. Box 52118, 74152
*R.A.I.N., Regional AIDS Interfaith Network
Rainbow Business Guild, POB 4106, 74159
¯ *Red Rock Mental Center, 302 S. Cheyenne #108
St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church, 4045 N. Cincinnati
¯ St Jerome’s Catholic Church, 3841 S. Peoria,
¯ *Shanti Hotline & HIV/AIDS Services
¯ Trinity Episcopal Church, 501 S. Cincinnati
¯ Tulsa Okla. for Human Rights, POB 2687, 74101
T.U.LS.A. Tulsa Uniform]Leather Seekers Assoc.
¯ *Tulsa City Hall, Ground Floor Vestibule
¯ *Tulsa Community College Campuses
: *Rogers University (formerly UCT)
425-7882 " rant that refused to advertise with TFN
742-6227. " which has also caught the attention ofM.
749-7898 ¯ Legrandbouche. We were amused when
582-4128 " he gave a scathing review to this family
743-4297 ° owned establishment where we have ex-
838-1222 i periencedso-sofood, slovenlyserviceand
¯ gratuitous rudeness from an owner. But
¯ had he written a review singing their
¯ praise, we also would have run it,
TFNfollows standardjournalistic con-
~ ventions regarding reviews. The~ aTtic!es
are by-lined, i.e. the writer’s name or
¯ pseudonym is given. Ms. PoWell tnight
want to refer to The Tulsa World for
¯
example. None of their reviews note that
¯
these are the personal opinions of the
¯ writer -that is understood. However,
918 456 7900 ~ [hankyoufor taking the time to shareyoO~r
.....:, vie~s with:out redders. - Tom Neal
501-253-7457 -:
501-253-6807 :
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BARTLESVILLE
*Bartlesville Public Library, 600 S. J0hnst0n6 - .918-337-5353
¯ NORMAN
*Borders Books & Music, 300 Norman Center 405-573-4907
OKLAHOMA CiTY "". "’-" - ’ "’- ""
: *Borders Books’&MiiSi~C, 3209NWExpressway 405-848-2667
¯ TAHLEQUAH
¯ *Stonewall League, ~all for information:
" EUREKA SPRINGS, ARKANSAS ¯
¯ *Jim & Brent’s Bistro, 173 S. Main
DeVito’s Restaurant, 5 Center St.
*Emerald Rainbow, 45 &l/2 Spring St.
MCC of the Living Spring
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Positive Idea Marketing Plans .............. 501-253-2401
Rock Cottage Gardens 501-253-8659, 800-624-6646
Sparky’ s, Hwy. 62 East 501-253-6001
lasting relationship with.
Asked about the Rev. Jerry Falwell, who resorted to
name-calling in blasting DeGeneres’ morals after news
of the upcoming on-air announcement was released, the
New Orleans native said she’d heard it all before. "’Really,
he called me that? Ellen DeGenerate?" she said.
"I’ve been getting that since the fourth grade."
In a related event, Birmingham television station
WBMA,known as "ABC33/40," decided that the lesbian
theme of the show was not suitable for prime-time family
viewing and won’t show it. ABC hasn’t heard whether
any other of its 223 affiliates has rejected the hour-long
special planned for April 30, spokeswoman Arme Marie
Riccatelli. said.Thursday......
Jerry Heilman, president and general manager ofABC
33/40, said the station tried to get permission from ABC
to air the episode at 11:30 p.m., rather than the scheduled
8 p.m., but the network would not approve the switch.
"Our stance rightnow is that we will not be showing the
first episode. There’s a possibility we won’t carry any of
the episodes in May if it deals with the same thing. We’ll
take it an episode at a time," said Heilman. In its place, the
station plans a special on an Alabama football coach.
Other ABC affiliates that serve the major Alabama
markets - WAAY in Huntsville, WHOA in Montgolnery,
and WEAR in Mobile - plan to carry Ellen’s outing
episode. "As far as we’re concerned, there’s no real
decision. It’s just another episode," said Joe Smith, operations
managerforWEAR, which is based in Pensacola.
Asked about the Rev. Jerry Falwell,
who resorted to name-e.allin ....,
[Eflen] said she’d heard aftbefore.
"Reafly, he eafled me that?
Ellen DeGenerate? ... I’ve been
getting that slnee the grade."
The network has received criticism from both sides on
the issue. Lana Metcalf, a policy analyst for the Alabama
Family Alliance, commended ABC 33/40 for deciding
uot to carry it. "I thimk it’s certainl y a harmful episode and
not conducive to families," she said. But the pastor of a
Woodlawn church that serves a largely homosexual congregation
said the show could offer insight into what a
gay person experiences in coming out. "We’re very sad
that ABC 33/40 will not show this process to the world at
large," said Covenant Metropolitan Cormnunity Church
paslor Margc Ragona.
Also ABC rejected a TV ad promoting the lesbian
cruisc line, Oakland-based Olivia Cruises and Resorts.
ABC broadcasl editor Bob Reynolds said in a fax to the
public relations firm that represents Olivia that their
proposed ad had been rejected for use during the "’Ellen"
coming-out episode, even though the spot would have
helped make up for ads pulled by Chrysler and J.C.
Pcaney. "It is our position that discussion about same-sex
lifcstyles is more appropriate in programming,-
Olivia’s presideut, Judy Dlugacz, called the April 30
"’Ellen" episode "lfistoric," since it will be the first time a
show’s lead character has revealed that she or he is
homosexual. But - knowing that a large number of
lcsbians will watch the show - Dlugacz also sees a prime
marketing moment slipping away. "Here was this incredible
opportuuity forme to reach a group that often doesn’t
want to be identified," said Dlugacz, who has run her
travel and ~nusic co~npany fbr more than 20 years-: .....
"FED Inc., the New York public relations finn that
handles advertising for Olivia, is now pursuing air time
on ABC affiliates in New York, !~os Angeles, Chicago,
s-hn ’Fraiici~co, Houston, Eiallas, Mimni and Seattle.
"’Needless to say, it will cost ~nuch more to air the ad in
these individual ~narkets than it would have cost to air
uationally," said Bob Fitzgerald of TED Inc.
It is the second time in less than a month that sponsors
ofa gay-related ad have had to shop it to local ABC
affiliates after rejection from the national network. The
Washington-based Human Rights Campaign wanted to
place.an ad about discrirmnation against lesbians and gay
men m the workplace. HRC’s ad is aimed at raising
awareness thatjob discrimination based on sexual oftenration
is legal in 41 states.But Vice President Harvey
Dzodin said that script violated network’s policy against
. .i’~controversialissue advertising," such as abortion, union
~ssues and Gay civil rights.
HRC says ABC’s stance on the Olivia ad, which would
have brought the broadcaster ~;000, iridicates a specific
bias against businesses trying to reach the gay and
lesbian market. "This discriminates against gay comparues
trying to reach amarket," said David Smith, a Human
Rights Campaign spokesman. Smith said he askedABC’ s
Dzodin for clarification on the policy, but was refused.
Currently, HRC is planning to air the ad in the following
markets: Albany, Albuquerque, Anchorage, Alaska,
Atlanta; Austin, Bismarck, N.D., Boston, Cleveland,
Columbia, S.C.; Dallas, Denver, Erie, Pa., Fargo, N.D.,
Fort Smith, Grand Rapids, Mich., Honolulu, Jackson,
Miss., Los Angeles, Madison, Wis., Manchester, N.H.,
Minneapolis, New Orleans, Oklahoma City, Phoenix,
Portland, Maine, Portland, Ore., Raleigh, N.C:, St. Louis,
San Antonio, San Francisco, Seattle, Traverse City, Mich.,
and Washington. The spot was declined by the network’s
affiliates in Chicago, Colorado Springs, Eugene, Ore.,
Grand Junction, Colo., Houston, Knoxville, Memphis,
Nashville, New York, Philadelphia, and Wichita.
Meanwhile, ABC is attempting to fill slots that could
have been filled by such skittish advertisers as Genera]
Motors and Johnson &Johnson, which have- in addition
to regular advertisers Chrysler andJ.C. Penney - decided
not to advertise on the April 30 episode. Johnson &
Johnson’s competitor, Home Access Health Corp., has
announced it would advertise its HIV-testing kits during
the show. Microsoft Corp. plans to buya spot.
In Tulsa, The Pride Center will host an Ellen Watch
Party in the Pfimetimers Lounge beginning at 6:30 for the
7-8 pm broadcast. Popcorn and soft drinks will be served.
All are welcome.
but the studies also compared these groups with children
born from natural conception.
Though the studies found no differences between the
groups, Patterson noted that "the existing body of research
is relatively sparse and open to criticism." ~he said
many of the studies are based on small samples and the
lesbian couples studied often have volunteered for the
research, which can affect the results. The studies involved
children up to age 9.
Interest in the development of children bona to lesbian
couples has increased in recent years because more and
morelesbians are choosing to raise afamily, said Patterson.
"There is a lesbian baby boom," she said. "’It hasn’t been
quantified, but there is a general community sense that
more and more lesbian couples are having children." Part
of the reason may be that more fertility clinics now are
providing services to lesbian couples, she said. These
clinics hdp lesbians become pregnant with the sperm of
anonymous donors.
Fiona Tasker of Birkbeck College in the Netherlands
said her study found that non-biological lesbian parents
were usually more involved with the children than are the
fathersof heterosexual couples. "The woman who is the
co-parent in alesbian family is more likely to take a major
role in raising the children," said Tasker.
In a study of 15 lesbian couples and 41 .parents of
clfildren born throughnatural conception, Tasker said she
found that 90 percent of the lesbian co-parents assumed
the common child-raising tasks. Only about 37 percent of
the fathers in heterosexual Couples, however,, took an
active role, she said. In disciplining the children, Tasker
found, 60 percent of the lesbian co-parents took an active
role, while it was only 20 percent of the fathers in
heterosexual families.
Raymond W. Chan of the University ofVirginia said
his study of lesbian and heterosexual couples with children
included reports from the children’s teachers. Chan
¯ children in Chan’s study were conceived at fertility
¯ clinics andsome were being raised by single heterosexu,~l
¯ parents and some by single lesbian parents. The researcher
said his tests found no differences between the
: groups. "The children of insemination are developing
normally whether in lesbian or heterosexual families
when compared to the available norm for the community
at large," Chan said.
Contrast that with a vanity press, held iogether with
spit, volunteers, prayers, and some OKC sources claim,
¯
the subsidy of a wealthy businessman who was gunning
for The Gayly. Should readers care whether a newspaper
has sound financial practices? Only if they expect it to
¯
last. In contrast to the newly amved, The Gayly has
¯ operated for more than a decade and Tulsa Family News
¯ is well into its fourth year of giving Tulsa serious,
¯
sometimes-controversial, but thorough news coverage
." for Lesbians, Gay men, Bisexuals and Transgendered
¯¯ folk and our families and friends.
And while we are happy to distribute TFNto other parts
¯
of the region (we’vejust added Oklahcma City, Norman,
..... Tahtexluah andBartlesville sites); we recognize, a~ Serious
newspapers have for years, that it is nearly impossible
to cover competently a city in which one does not live.
That’s why TFN has chosen to cover Tulsa well rather
than cover a region poorly.
By the way, the dirty little secret of Lesbian/Gay
newspapers is that the reason for "’regional coverage" is
so that there’S more towns_ from which to suck out
advertising - not because covering more towns can be
done well. Just look at the consistently marginal quality
of news coverage in our "regional" newspapers if you
need any further proof.
Anyway, our advice to the wanna-be’s is: don’t give up
ygur day jobs yet or at least, make sure you keep the
spouses who are supporting you happy.
next was American Gay & Lesbian Experience, and the
final day was International Film with works from France,
Spain, Canada and India.
This year’s event will show 10 works of varying
lengths and origin beginning at 7 pm on Friday, 2 pm &
6:30 on saturday, and 2 pm & 7 pm on Sunday. (see page
11 for ad with schedule). BLGTA spo,kesperson, Tedd
Adams, noted that the organizers had hoped to screen
"’Beautiful Thing," a highly acclaimed~xvork about two
teennage boys first love, made for the l~K’s commercial
Channel 4. Adams noted that if they were able to get the
film (which showed in Tulsa at Movies8 for a week), it
would be added to the Sunday night program.
Organizers note that Lorton Hall can be difficult to find
the first time. From 8th Street and Evanston, attendees
may go north on Evanston between Shaw Alumni Center
and Twin Soutl~ Hall. Where Evanston dead ends sits
McClure Hall ~or TUalums - where youpaidthose bills).
Lorton is just to the left, or west. There is a very small
parking lot and the screening room (#207) is just to the
left inside the door that opens onto the parking lot. For
more info., call Tedd at 832-7838.
that Gay people had as much right to be in the park as
anv others.
At this point a bystander came forward and identified
lmnself as Bisexual and asked if they had a problem with
that? At this point, Flowers claims that the couples
backed down and said that they didn’t mean to do anything
wrong but were just doing what their minister told
them to do. A local HIV educator who does some park
prevention outreach adds that in the last few weeks, that
he may have seen similar things going on at 21st and
Riverside. While he hasn’t overheard-any conversations,
he has seen groups of couples approaching single men
who then have left immediately.
A source with the City of Tulsa, speaking anonysaid
the teacher reports, ~using standard osveholo~ical "" ’ ~nously, noted that intimidating Gay people out of ~the
evaluations, found.’!no significant difference" in ah~t-. " ~park is reprehensible but is probably well within the area
ment or behavior between the groups of children. All the ~ of protected First Amendment speech, noting that there
: likely is no crime involved. However, an area Gay attor-
,. hey when asked if the situation were reversed and Gay
people were harassing straights out of the park, com-
." mented that he had no doubt that the Tulsa police would
find a way to arrest Gays.
: Representatives of the Pride Center/TOHR have taken
¯ complaints from Flowers and encourage others with
¯ similar experiences to report thereto the Helpline at 743- 4297 to help in tracking these problems. The Pride Center
¯ representatives also note that those willing t,o do so may
also file written complaints with the Mayor s office.
7
Firing of Anti-Gay Civil
Rights Official Upheld
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A pul~lic official who
"preaches homophobia" as a member of San
Francisco’ s anti-discrimination agency is not assured
job security, says a federal appeals court. The 9thU.S.
Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the city’ s firing of
the Rev. Eugene Lumpkin, who said he thought
homosexuality was an abomination and appeared to
endorse anti-gay violence. Neither freedom ofspeech
nor freedom of religion gives an appointed public
official the right to undermine the tolerance his office
is supposed to promote, the court said Thursday.
Lumpkin had the right to speak as a private citizen,
"but the First Amendment does not assure him job
security when he preaches homophobia" while serving
on the city’ s anti-discrimination agency, the court
said. Lumpkin’s lawyer, James Struck, said he would
probably appeal further. "This opinion shows complete
intolerance for religious beliefs that are widely
held," said Struck, of the Rutherford Institute, a
conservative religious-liberties organization. He said
Lumpkin did not support anti-gay violence and held
views no different from those of orthodox Catholics,
Muslims and Jews. "Now the 9th Circuit has painted
all those people as homophobes," Struck said.
Lumpkin, a pastor appointed to the commission by
then-Mayor Frank Jordan, was fired by Jordan in
1993 after a furor over his public comments about
homosexuals. "The homosexual lifestyle is an abomination
against God," Lumpkin said. "So I have to
preach that homosexuality is a sin." He also said he
believed "everything the Bible sayeth." Asked by a
television interviewer.about a statement in Leviticus
that a man who-slept with a man should be put to
death, Lumpkin said, "That’s what God sayeth."
Jordan, in announcing the firing, said Lumpkin had
the right to his religious beliefs but had "crossed the
.line from belief-to behavior to advocacy" and "implied
that he condoned physical harm." San Francisco
supervisors backed the firing. Lumpkin’s lawsuit,
claiming violatidns of his constitutional rights, was
dismissed by U~S. District Judge Fern Smith. The
appeals court upheld her decision in a 3-0 ruling.
The court cited the Human Rights Commission’s
official responsibilities, "to eliminate prejudice and
discrimination" based on race, religion, sex, sexual
orientation and other grounds, and to promote "equal
opportunity for and good will toward all people."
Lumpkin’s statements "are not simply hostile to the
commission’ s charge, they are at war with it," said the
opinion by Judge William Norris.
"Neither the First Amendment nor the Religious
Freedom Restoration Act (a 1993 federal law) requires
government at any level to put up with policylevel
officials who work at cross-purposes with the
policies they are responsible for carrying out." Deputy
City Attorney Burk Delventhal said the court endorsed
the city’s argument that "when a person accepts
public office, his ability to engage in whatmight
otherwise be protected speech is limited to the extent
necessary to enable the person to discharge his public
duties."
CA School Protections
BillWins CommitteeVote
SACRAMENTO (AP) - Public schools and colleges
couldn’t discriminate against students and employees
because of;their, sexual orientation, under-a bill
that passed an Assembly test without a vote to spare.
The measure by Assemblywoman Shelia Kuehl, DSanta
Monica, cleared the 21-member Education
Committee On Wednes-di~y with a bare. maj ority of 1
votes after stalling for several hours, one vote short.
The bill now moves to the Appropriations Committee,
the last stop before the Assembly floor.
Current law bars public schools and colleges from
discriminating on the basis of race or gender in their
programs, admissions, hiring or financial aid. In
some instances, the anti-discrimination ban also covers
religion, disabilities, age, and national origin.
Schools can’t use instructional materials that reflect
adversely on people because of their race, creed,
national origin,.ancestry, gender, disability or occupation.
In.addition, school personnel commissions
¯ NH Students Denounce University Violence
~ PLYMOUTH, N.H. (AP) - Several years ago, Ply-
. mouth State Collegejunior Judy Pich was attacked by
¯ a man who punched, kicked and spit on her while
¯ calling her names like "queer" and "dyke." When she
¯ tried to talk about the incident with her peers, she"-felt
¯ more like an offender than a victim," Pich said.
¯ "There are good people and there are bad people, but ¯
everyone is at fault because the good people don’t do
¯ anything about it. Peoplehave to breakthe silence and
¯ ignorance."
¯ Pich told her story to the 2,000 students, faculty,
[ staff and alumni who turned out Wednesday for an
¯ emergency "Forumon Hate" organizedbythe school’ s
¯ Task Force on Homophobia. The forum was held in
¯ ~eaction to an incident involving another fema!e
¯ student, who said she was attacked by two men in
¯ March.. The woman, whose identity has not been
revealed, told campus police the two men punched
¯ her and urinated on her face after calling hera lesbian ¯
and telling her she "had no right tobe allowed to be
¯ walking around the world."
Plymouth police Chief Tony Raymond said even
¯ though the girl has decided she does not want to
¯ pursue the case, the investigation will continue; The
¯ student government is offering $500 for.information
¯ about the attackers. While some students who turned ¯
out at the forum said they were shocked that a hate
¯ crime occurred on the campus, many said milder
¯ incidents of intolerance, suqh ~s .name-.calling and
¯ telling derogatory jokes, happen all the time. Many ¯
said they were ready to tackle the problem and try to
¯ solve it. "We need to look out for each other and not
¯ stand idly by while these things happen around us,"
¯ juniorMikeHeber said. "We needto take responsibil- ¯
ity for the safety of each other."
¯ Several people pointed out that alcohol is often a
¯ factor of violent crime. College President Donald
¯ Wharton railed against bar owners he said encourage ¯
drunkenness and even sexual assault with such promotions
as ladies’ nights, where women drink for
¯ free, and tan-line contests. But many students said
cannot ask job. applicants questions about their race,
¯ sex, marital status, political opinions or affiliations or
¯ religious beliefs.
¯ Kuehl’s bill would expand tlgose,..prohibitions to
cover sexual orientation. An ~lmost identical bill,
"¯ also by Kuehl, one of two openly gay members of the
Legislature, died in the Education Committee last
¯ year, when the Assembly was controlled by Republi-
¯ cans. Supporters suggested the bill would lead to
¯ changes in school policies and attitudes that would ¯
help curb the harassment of students that are, or are
perceived to be, gay.
Stephanie Reed of Petaluma said her son Robin
¯ committed suicide after being taunted by other stu- ¯
dents while a teacher looked on without intervening.
¯ "Robin did not commit suicide because he was gay;
¯ he-committed suicide because he was in pain;’: she
¯ said. Another bill supporter, Michael Malcolm, a
~ high school vice principal from"Union City, said
¯ schools must provide a safe learning environment.
¯ "Our district adopted a non-discrimination policy,"
¯ he said. "I believe our campus is a different place ¯
because of the change in policy."
¯ Opponents claimed the bill could be used to silence
¯ criticism of homosexuality. "(The bill) is not about
¯ discrimination; it’s about letting one group of people
~ bring their personal agenda into the classroom and
¯ tell students that the homosexuallifestyle is all right,"
said Herbert Hall of Garden Grove, who said he was
¯ a former homosexual. "This is a cunning political
attack that uses children as pawns," added a witness.
¯ who identified himself only as Mark and who also
said he used to be gay. Other opponents said the
: measure could prevent private schools that discrimi-
¯ nated against homosexuals from playing public
schools in athletics, and Assemblyman George House
¯ contended the bill would lead to a "massive boycott ¯
of public schools." Kuehl suggested the opponents’
¯ fears were unfounded. "This bill does not do anything
¯ but bar discrimination by public educational institu-
¯ tions against their own students on bases that do not ¯
relate to their merit," she said.
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while alcohol often accompanies violence, it isn’t the
problem - people are. "I don’t drink a six-pack and
say ’I hate that guy bee-~s’~6’tae’s ghy,"’ sophomore
¯John McKittrick said. "A drunken man’s words are
sober man’s thoughts. I think we need to go after the
people who did this."
Maine Civil Rights Bill
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - Jbel Abromson and
Michael Quint come from different backgrounds and
even represent opposite parties in the Legislature, but
they.say they share one thing in common: discrimination.
Abromson, who recalls the prejudice he endured
growing upJewishdnMaine,ds sponsoring a~bill..that
could help Quint and others like him who say their
homosexuality makes them second-class citizens
when it comes to housing and other rights; "Discrimination
happens every single day," said Quint, a Democratic
representative from Portland. "I know because
I have seen it, I have experienced it and still carry
around with me the expectation, even the fear of it
because I know it could happen anytime."
About 500 people attended a public hearing on the
bill held by the Legislature’ s Judiciary Committee. A
similar bill passed both the House and Senate four
years ago, but was vetoed by then-Gov. John
McKernan. But Gov. Angus King supports the legislation,
which would extend to all citizens, no matter
their sexual orientation, the same civil rights guaranteed
regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age,
national origin and physical or mental handicap.
Discrimination in the areas of employment, housing,
public accommodations and credit would be prohibited.
Abromson, a Republican senator from Portland,
recalled his own personal experiences as a Jewish
man growing up in Maine, and how he was called a
"dirty Jew" and a "Christ killer." As a student at
Bowdoin College in the late 1950s, the Portland
Republican said he saw fraternities deny invitations
to Jews and blacks. Later, during a tour of the infamous
Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland,
Abromson said he learned theNazis tried tb exterminate
not only Jews, but gays, Gypsies and Slavs, as
well. Abromson said his bill "ends forever any similarity
between the Nuremberg laws (legitimizing
anti-semitism) of 1930s Germany and state laws of
1990s Maine. This bill is that important."
The bill’s most vocal foe is Concerned Maine
Families, an anti-gay rights group which calls the
proposal a "jobs bill for gays." The organization’s
leaders have warned the bill would give special job
advantages to anyone claiming to be gay or perceived
as gay. Many at the hearing held signs that said, "Stop
the Special Jobs Bill for Gays" and "Equality for ME.
The way life should be." "The effects of this mandate
on small business will be burdensome, unjust, unenforceable
and will heighten the unfriendly business
climate that we must already tolerate in the state of
Maine," said Randall Clark ofCape Elizabeth, president
of Small BusinesS Benefits Inc. and leader of the
CMF!s 1,200-member Business Advisory Board.
Rod Smith of Buxton told the committee he was
fired from his job as a nursing assistant in Lewiston
last January because he was gay. Another gay man,
Guy Riddick of South Portland, said several landlords
in Gorham, Westb.rook and Scarborough toldhim
and his male partner last year they did not rent to
homosexuals. Alandlord in POrtland also refused, but
because that city has an ordinance protecting homosexuals
from housing discrimination, the couple was
able to sue, Riddick said.
In 1995, Maine voters rejected a ballot question by
Concerned Maine Families to restrict gay civil rights,
53 percent to 47 percent. Civil rights advocates are
cormng off a recent loss over same-sex marriages.
The Legislature last month approved a ban on gay
marriages, making Maine the 18th state [o do so. King
let the measure become law without his signature.
Several legislators said they voted for the ban only to
avoid sending the issue to a statewide referendum,
where they feared a negative campaign could hurt the
drive for gay rights.
So far this year, about 17 bills favoring civil rights
for Lesbians and Gay men have been introduced in at
least 14 states, according to the National Gay and
Lesbian Task Force.
¯ First Montana Gay Pride
Parade In Bozeman
BOZEMAN (AP) - Despite protests from about 200
¯ people, Bozeman city commissioners unanimously
¯ approved apermit for a gay pride parade this summer,
¯ saying they had no choice. "Ifwe didn’t, it’s discrimi-
¯ nation," Mayor Don Stueck said after the 5-0 vote.
~ Stueck said the city’s attorney, PaulLuwe, had warned
¯ that if the commission banned this parade, it would
¯ have to cancel all parades, including the Sweet Pea
¯ and Montana State University homecoming parades.
¯ Stacey Haugland, a Pride member who attended
¯ Monday’s meeting, said she was pleased by the vote.
’- Pride’has-been a:’~r~al’respectfUl ~bn~m~n~ity gtot~p,"
¯ Haugland.said. "I donrt think the people have any-
~ thing to fear from the parade." The Pride Weekend is
¯ planned June 6-8 at the Emerson Cultural Center to
¯ celebrate gays, lesbians and bisexuals living in Mon-
¯ tana. Three annual weekends have been held before in
other Montana cities.
Raven Kargel of Belgrade, who organized an anti-
. gay march in Bozeman two years ago, said the city
¯ really didn’t have a choice because it would have
¯ been sued by Pride if commissioners rejected the
¯ "sodomites"’ parade. People who oppose homosexuality,
she said, may raise money to sue the city
themselves. "I think it would be better to boycott the
¯ city," specifically downtown, Kargel said. "People
¯ who don’t want to see people bragging about bi:eak-
¯ ing the law need to boycott." KGVW, a Christian
¯ radio station based in Belgrade, had urged listeners to
~ call Bozeman City Hall to protest the parade, and that
¯ prompted about 200 phone calls from around the
¯ Gallatin Valley. "It is like inviting leprosy into the
¯ community," one caller said.
: Transexual Parent Seeks
¯ Custody Rights Back
ST. LOUIS (AP) - A father who lo~t custody of two
¯ song after undergoing a sex change operation says she
¯ plans toask an appeals court to reconsider its ruling.
¯ "There are things only a parent can provide," the
¯ father, now known as Sharon, told the St. Louis Post-
" Dispatch. "That is unconditional love, guidance and
~ wisdom. There is no reason I can’t give that to my
kids."
¯ Sharon, 38, is a graduate of the Air Force Academy
¯ and a former officer in the Air Force and Army. She
has had no direct contact with the boys since late
¯ 1992. Sharon said that the children - now 7 and 10 -
¯ needed both their parents. She plans to ask the Mis-
¯ souri Court of Appeals in St. Louis to reconsider its
¯ March 11 decision giving the boys’ mother sole legal
¯ custody.
¯ Hundreds of battles similar to Sharon’s are waged
~ nationwide each year, but nearly all are fought out-
. side public view, a national advocate for transsexuals
¯ said."Mostcasesdon.t&"splaythecourageofSharon,’
~ who was willing to go public;" said Riki Anne
¯ Wilchins, executive director ofGender Public Advo.
¯ cacy Coalition, or Gender PAC, in New York. Such
¯ custody battles are seldom conducted "on a level
¯
playing field," she said. "Usually, the mode of attack
¯ ~s to portray the transgender parent as, bydefinition,
¯ deviant and anendangerment to their own kids, even
¯ in the absence bf any evidence to support the claim."
~ In Sharon’s ’case; -the appeals ’courtin St:Louis
¯ ruled that a St. Charles County Circuit Court judge
¯ must decide whether visits with Sharon would be in
¯ the boys’ best interest. The appeals rulingo overturned
¯ ajoint-custody decision by anotherjudgein St. Charles
¯ County where the boys’ mother lives.
¯ "Ifyou asked them, I know they would want to talk
¯ with me," Sharon said. "I have never, ever presented
~ myself to my children.as anything other than their
¯ dad. I do not need my chi" ldren’ s vali"dati"on ofm¯ yself
¯ as a.woman."
~ Sharon acknowledged that both boys would need
¯ counseling before they could resume a relationship
¯ with their father. Sharon said her original plan for
¯ reconciliation with her sons called forphone calls and
~ counseling leading up to visits. "I know they would
¯ recognize me as their dad," she said. "I would never
¯ do anything that would harm them."
Y
Teens Feel No Risk
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - Th,~re is a
perception amongrural Indiana teen-agers
that AIDS won’t happen to them, according
to a recent study by two Indiana University
professors. "They think they know
everyone, what they are doing and who
they should avoid," said William L.
Yarber, one of the researchers. "That is
really significant relative to the fact that
we are finding, in our center, that AIDS is
growing faster in the rural areas."
Yarber, senior director of the Rural
Center for AIDS/Sexually Transmitted
,Disease Prevention, and Stephanie Sanders,
associate director of the Kinsey Institute,
condUcted the study of 38 adolescents,
ages 11- to 17-years-old. Both males
and females said they would not practice
sexual abstinence just to avoid HIV, and
females expressed a greater fear of pregnancy
than of HIV infection.
"There is a real perception in the rural
communities that they don’t believe their
ownrural town has been touched by AIDS
and that they are invulnerable," Yarber
said. But state statistics show that both
counties involved in the study have AIDS
cases and several HIV diagnoses as well,
Yarber said. "They may not know people
as well as they think," he said. "But they
don’t feel they have to worry about it."
1st Nat’lCurriculum
About; HIV/AIDS
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A new tool to
slow down the~spread of HIV where it is
increasing fastest - among teens - has
been u0y~iled,~gcently. "The Science of
HIV,?~.a. l;84-page teachers’ guide and 30-
minute Video, is:the first gcience program
designed to ~each students about the human
immunodeficiency virus, how it
causes,AIDS, and how to avoid it. The
guide wasunveiled at a National Science
Teachers Association (NSTA) meeting.
"The research community has made
encouraging progress in treating AIDS,
but the only 100 percent effective treatment
we have is prevention," said James
Gallarda, with Abbott Laboratories. "By
teaching the science of HIV and AIDS,
we hope to give students a better understanding
of how this disease is prevented
and treated."
Gallarda, who helped put together the
Chicago Museum of Science and
Industry’s AIDS exhibit, said that work
prompted Abbott to ask the NSTA about
developing the program.
A new report from the Centers for Disease
Prevention and Control found that
new AIDS cases among 13- to 25-yearolds
infected thrdugh sex and drug needles
rose 20 percent between 1990 and 1995,
he said. One quarter of all new HIV infections
are among people younger than’22.
Even science teachers in the audience
murmured in surprise Friday at the results
of one demonstration designed to show
how quickly a virus can spread.
Author Michael DiSpezio passed out
clear plastic cups of clear liquid to the two
dozen teachers and reporters who attended
the breakfast meeting. Four of the cups
were "infected" with an alkali and would
turn bright pink when the right chemical
was added. He had each person turn to a
neighbor, mix the contents of their cups
together, then divide the mixed liquid
back between the two cups. Then each
person turned to a different neighbor and
did the same thing. DiSpezio went down
the aisles with a vial and eyedropper,
adding the telltale chemical to each cup.
Every single one turned bright pink.
¯ Sharon Nelson, a biology teacher at
Waunakee High in Wisconsin and an ad-
¯ visory board member for the project, told
~ the group that when she used the demon-’-~’
¯ stration in her class of 22 students, two
¯ cups remained clear- and one was held by
¯ a student she had asked to abstain from
¯ mingling fluids.
¯ "I wasjust- ’Wow! The kids will really
¯ go for that! That is very emphatic,’ "said
~ WillaRamsay, a high-schoolteacher from
¯ San Diego. "I am going to my district
¯ science-math manager with it. I think it
¯ needs to be promoted throughout our en-
¯ tire district" she said.
¯ DiSpezio said he thinks that teaching
¯ H1V as science, rather than morality, will
¯ help thecurriculum avoid the fate of safe-
] sex education programs. A committee
¯ namedbytheNationalInstitutes ofHealth
¯ reported in February that moral and gov-
¯ ernment objections are blocking safe sex
¯¯ education programs.
She asked if it could also be used in
¯ middle school, and the developers said
¯ yes. "By the time they get to us at ninth
¯ grade, they’re pretty well educated the
¯ wrong way," Ramsay said. "I think we
¯ need to get to the students in sixth grade."
¯ Condoms for Kids
~ SEATILE (AP) - Adults can buy con-
. doms at clubs, bars or gas stations, but
¯ access isn’t as easy for youths. A publicprivate
partnership campaign aimed at
¯ lowering HIV infection hopes to change
¯ that. The campaign, dubbed Project AC-
¯ TION, is placing condom machines in
¯ Seattle businesses where young people
¯ gather. It’s an attempt to reduce the risk of
¯ sexually transmitted disease and preg-
¯ nancy rates among youths ages 14 to 20.
¯ Kae Lee Dozier, 14, says about a third ¯
of her friends are.having sex. Many of
¯ them think they are immune to sexually
¯ transmitted diseases, HIV, or pregnancy.
¯ "They think ’it can’t happen to ~me,’ but
¯ they’re wrong," Miss Dozier says.
¯ Miss Dozier, other youths and numer-
¯ ous business, religious and political lead-
" ers on Thursday announced their support
¯ for Project ACTION. Organizers de-
. scribed it as the first broad effort to make
¯ low-cost (25 cents) condoms available to
¯ youths with no strings attached. The two-
" year, $450,000 campaign is modeled after
¯ a project started in Portland, Ore., which
¯ includes public education and peer coun-
¯ seling. Seattle and San Jose, Calif., are the
~ next cities to go "online" with the project.
¯ Five condom machines have been in-
- stalled in two Seattle businesses so far and
~ the Project hopes to place dispensers in
¯ 130 otherbusinesses with significantyouth
¯ patronage. In King County, health sur-
¯ veys among youths show that 60 percent
~ ofhigh school students are sexually active
¯ by graduation, yet only half of them use
, condoms.
Lisa Bond, president of the Seattle
¯
Council of Parent Teacher Student Asso-
~ ciation, said even though the PTA has
¯ taken no official position on condom avail-
" ability, she personally views the project
¯ .as a step forward. ’Td rather have them do
¯ an end run and save my child’s life than
¯ have a child die from ignorance," Ms.
¯ Bond said. "The more kids know about
¯ the dangers they’re facing, the better deci-
¯ sions they can make."
Gwen Williams, director of Holiness
Missions, acknowledged that the avail-
. ability of condoms is disturbing to many,
¯ particularly churchgoers who emphasize
¯ abstinence. But, Ms. Williams, said,
~ "We’re talking about saving lives. We
¯ find a bias in church ... that people don’t
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A User (Un) Friendly Guide to
(Mis) Managed Care
By Dr. Michael Gorman
Who is managing who? Is Managed
Care managing yourhealth oryourmoney?
And which is more Important, money or
health? And to whom? What is happemng
in the dynamic field of health insurance
providers and third party payer organizations?
First, a simple (if possible) explanation
on how the system seems to be
operating currently...
For example.: an insurance company
presents a "plan" to a potential purchase
group (Le., an employer with, say, so
many employees). The "Plan" will provide
certain services for each insured at a
cost of $100.00 per person (employee)
per month. This plan has a $300.00 annual
deductible and pays 80% of your medical
bills after that deductible is met. Sounds
pretty easy so far. Here’s where it gets
complicated... A third party approaches
your insurance company and tells them
they can cut their expenses by 40%. This
third party is the Managed Care group. It
functions as an intermediary (negotiator)
between you and your doctor, hospital,
pharmacy, etc., and your original insurance
company. Its function is to make
.money (profits) for themselves and for the
Insurance company. It is not in the busi-
¯ gist, "Sorry, no money is left in the Heart
¯ Transplant Fund. Procedure demed.
That’s it! After all, money talks. This is
¯ how our civilized, capitalistic society func-
¯ tions. Now, I wouldn’t have such a prob-
¯ lem with all this, if the Managed Care
~ groups were going broke orifthese groups
¯ functioned as not-for-profit institutions.
¯ But when insurance and Managed Care
¯ companies are showing record profits, it ¯
becomes extremely difficult to rationalize
how someone could be turned down
¯ for a life-saving procedure.
Have yourpremiums gonedown lately ?
Have your deductibles or co-payments
been reduced this year? Physicians’. pay
has dropped by nearly 40% in the past few
¯ years, so they are not benefiting..Ask
¯
yourself, "If premiums are up and benefits
are down, who is making out? It
¯ doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure
¯ that the Managed Care groups and your
insurance company are laughing all the
¯ way to the bank. If you think (or don’t
¯ think) managed health care is bad now,
¯ here is a look into the crystal ball...
~ Primary care physicians will be called
¯ uponto make decisions (final decisions in
¯ some cases) about health care procedures
¯ based on age and need. For example, say
~ I am your primary care physician, you are
60 years of age, and you need kidney
¯ dialysis. But, I can have only five people
¯ a year on dialysis treatment. Four slots are ¯
already filled and, just before your apness
to serve you.or-your doctor!s, ¯ pointment, a 25 year old patient of mine
hospital’s, and pharmacist’s (etc.) best ¯ also needs dialysis. Who gets dialysis slot
interests:~ Which is your health! Period. ¯ #5? In the future, the care will go to those
The sooner.you understand the princi.-. ~ : who can pay out ofpocket: In other words,
pal motives of the Managed Care gr0up’s~- . just likeih~judici’ai system, the rich will
interest (which is money-making), the- ¯ prevail in health care.
better equipped you will be to deal with. ~ Obvi~usly this is avery simplistic overthe
pr0blei~s you may encounterl Tile ,~’ vi~c.0f thetotal managed health Care
decisions made in health care today .are ¯ picture. "What can I do?" you ask. Get
bas~d0nfinancialnumbers.ForeXai:nplei" " inv6I~edi’Wfit~you~elected~fficialsand
say you need a heart transplant. Your ~. the State Insurance Commissioners. And
primary care physician must refer you out o take care of your health by becoming fit,
to a specialist (cardiologist)~ and he/she
must ask the Managed Care group if you
can be approved for the heart transplant.
Mind you, there are funds allocated for
these procedures for each group or plan.
Well, guess what?! It’s toward the end of
the fiscal year and the Heart Transplant
Fund is depleted. An accountant from the
Managed Care group tells your cardiolo-
¯ ea.ting right, and supplementing with vita-
¯ mlns daily in order to avoid feeding the
~ (Mis)Managed Care Monster!!
Dr. Gorman’s practice is located at
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want to deal with these issues- not AIDS,
not sex before marriage," she said. "But
we must face the reality or we’re going to
lose our youth."
Miss Dozier said condom availability
reduces, rather than encourages, sexual
activity among youths. "Knowing more
about this gives you the power; you don’t
think of having sex because you’re drunk
or rebelling or because you feel pressured,"
Miss Dozier said. "After getting
all this information aboutAIDS, I’m holding
back from .sex. It made me want to
wait, and I think more youths will wait
and hold off more, the more they know
about the risks."
Gore Seeks More $
For AIDS Drugs
WASHINGTON (AP) Hoping to improve
access to AIDS-fighting drugs, the
Clinton administration is exploring the
possibility of expanding Medicaid coverage
for people afflicted with HIV, the
virus that causes AIDS. Vice President A1
¯ Gore has asked the Health Care Financing
¯ Administration "to look into the possibil- ¯
ity" of making Medicaid available earlier
¯ to people with HIV to get them the cut-
. ting-edge drugs needed to help them. -
¯ "If it works out, as I hope and expect it
¯ will, it can ease suffering, renew hope and
¯ help ensure that goodpeopte are notpriced
¯ out of lifesaving medicine," Gore said
¯ Wednesday. He said the move was neces-
¯ sary because people diagnosedwith HIV
¯ can develop full-blown AIDS before be-
. coming eligible for Medicaid, "and that
¯ makes some of these new drugs prohibitively
expensive for people who need
¯ them."
¯ Gore made the announcement after re-
" ceiving the 1997 National Leadership
Award for Public Service from AIDS
¯ Action, an AIDS advocacy group. He said
¯ he has asked the HCFA to report back to
¯ him in 30 days after exploring the possi-
~ bility. "Our view is that getting these
¯ drugs to people earlier will not cost more
¯ in the long run," he said. "Itmay even save
¯ money, and it will certainly save lives."
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READ ALL ABOUT IT
Reviewed by Barry Hensley
Tulsa City-County Library
An apparent oxymoron, Steve
Gunderson was a multi-term, gay Republican
congressman from a rural
Wisconsin district. Amoderate,
traditional Lutheran,
Gunderson had quietly represented
his district since 1981
before deciding not to seek
reelection in 1996. The story
ofGunderson and his long term
partner, coauthor Rob Morris,
is inspiring, but somewhat disappointing.
Told in alternating narratives
by each author, House
and Home is a refreshingly
candid view of a major, gay
publiC figure. Many moderates
and progressives were
deeply disappointed when
Gunderson declined to run for
a ninth term. He had risen to a
position of seniority and influence
when he decided that
he could no longer trust his
own party for support. He realized
this one day in 1994,
while attending a Wisconsin
Republican caucus: "it was
composed mostly of right-
¯
Gunderson to become more vocal about
his life with Rob Morris. They had met in
¯ 1983 and Gunderson had occasionally
¯ mentioned Morris during political
¯ speeches. After being outed, Morris con-
Gundel n
lashes outat
whathe
considersthe
liberal,
left-w_’mgof
theGa-y ci rigrit
movement...
. t_iayacfivists
taavetoaccept
thatGays are
not
automatically
that
vinced Gunderson to respond
forcefully to critics by pointing
out that the Republican
Party had "an historic role in
fighting prejudice." Gunderson
insists that "anyone who
was familiar with the history
ofthe Republican Party would
understand that, like Barry
Goldwater, I could legitimately
say, ’I didn’t leave the
party, the party left me.’ "
Morris, comments are
mostly short contributions of
apersonal nature. Being a Congressional
spouse, he had to
maintain a careful balance
between G/anderson’s public
and private life. Morris dutifully
details his perspective,
but without much of the wit
and humor that he apparently
possesses.
Gunderson lashes out at
what he considers the liberal,
leftwingofthe Gay civil rights
movement. He has often, been
accused of "sleeping with the
wing ’true believers’ who had "[~t=r~ ]]’~ll¢~,~ne
come .to the caucus straight . xx~~oa~a
from services at their funda- .aren t _
mentalist churches. Mostwere
people I had never met before au~oxx.~u.~,c.ttt,y
in politics. They were part of enemies....
the ’family values’ army, loyal
in every way to the Religious RighVs high
command. Not schooled or motivated in
partisan politics, not educated about government
or history, and not informed in
any deep, objective way about many of
the major issues, they were there because
they had been told that the only way to
save the lives of fetuses from abortion, to
save their children from the influence of
predatory homosexuals, and to save
America from degradation was to show
up at these caucuses and compel the Republican
Party to do their will."
His 1994 outing on the floor of the
House of Representatives, by controversial
congressman Bob Dornan, forced
.enemy,’/. : Gunderson~ s response:."
Gay activists have to
~aecept ~that gays are not auto-
.matically DemOcrats, that Republicans
aren’t automatically
enemies, and that it is vital to
have friends in the majority
¯ party. More specifically, it is crucial to
~ have openly gay Republicans who are
¯ willing to do the sometimes tough and
¯ thankless work of sensitizing the party to
¯¯ gay issues, gay rights, and gay humanity."
Gunderson, ofcourse, decided in less than
¯ two years after his outing, that this was the
¯ responsibility of someone else, someone
who has yet to show up. The abdication of
¯ his essential role diminishes the impact of
his otherwise impressive story.
¯ Checkfor House and Home, and books
¯ on other related topics, at your local
¯ branch library, or call the R~aders Ser-
¯ vices department at the Central Library
at 596-7966.
Email is a wondrous thing. At the moment,
I am in Fort Worth, and having to
write a colmnn for deadline. Fortunately,
computers allow tiffs to happen. Or unfortunately,.
depending on your perspective.
You will notice this column is a bit differcnt
from others. I have a story to tell. It
may be meamngful, it may be entertmning.
I hope it is both.
Story one: In 1986, my Father was
diagnosed with cancer. He was admitted
into the hospital for a biopsy. I, as well as
the rest ofmy fanfily, were strained mad in
denial He had never shown his age frotu
the time I was born up to that point in his
lifc. 1! sccmcd he would always be there
lor us. I was in a play at the time, a
drcadflfl nmsical review. I had a solo part
in a song (my lirst ever). I was in school
full timc and working, so I didn’t have
much time for hospital visits. According
to fanfily that did spend time at the hospital,
his wish was that I continue in the
rehearsals and not miss any on his account.
Since we all thought he’d be home
at any time, I suffered through the rehearsai,
trying to conquermy fear of singing
in front of people. His biopsy kept
being delayed, and a two day visit stretched
into three weeks. I did visit him a couple
of times, and each time he seemed older,
as though the years were catching up to
him all at once. It scared me, but still I kept
thinking he’d be home soon. I remember
him looking out the window once, a sad,
resigned look on his face. He said something
- I cannot to this day remember
what, but I know it had to do with what
was coming.
I continued struggling to smile while
singing and remembering choreography
and lyrics at the same time. Dad continued
to go downhill, each time they’d think he
was ready for biopsy, see Jim, page 13
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If one ever has out of town guests who
¯
the lemon Caesar salad will be substituted
think no culinary excitement exists in . upon request.
Tulsa, one need go no farther than Cherry ¯ The lunch time crowd has welcomed
Street to wakeup their tastebuds. Tucci’s, the addition of daily pasta specials to the
located at the site ofthe former
long-beloved Cherry Street
Bakery, serves up food in the
New Italian mold with strong
California influences.
While not exclusively a
pizza parlor, it’ s pizza that has
made Tucci’s a Cherry Street
destination, even with such old
standbys as The Hideawayjust
across the street. Nothing promotes
a restaurant more than
the Shock value and talk factor
of previous customers telling
their friends about their dining
experience, and diners here
will certainly have something
to talk about. The kitchen at
Tucci’s makes up a fine, handtossed
pizza crust, and then
covers ~t with some unbelievable
toppings. Two ofthe most
talked about combinations are
the Stone Temple Pie, which
features marinated cactus,
smoked fajita chicken, and
black beans, and the Thai Pie,
an interesting mix of spicy
peanutpesto, teriyaki chicken,
bamboo shoots, and chow
mein noodles.
Intrigued? Shocked and appalled?
Read on. The Upstream
Dream, a fairly new
addition to the menu, is topped
with smoked salmon. The
Aglio Arrosto (roasted garlic
for the non-Italianophones out
there) has roasted garlic,
pinenuts, and Italian sausage.
The California Pie is loaded
down with artichoke hearts,
sun dried tomatoes, olives, fresh basil,
and feta cheese. And, the list goes on.
The true artistry at Tu_cci’ s is that, while
certainly bizzarre sounding, these unusual
topping combinations work. Oftentimes,
we see restaurants trying to be too creative,
and they can’t quite pull it off, but
that is not the case here. The pies inspire
strong emotions from the diners--they either
love it or they hate it. We’ve never
heard anything in between.
All of the pizzas are accompanied by a
wonderful lemon Caesar salad, crispy romaine
with a zesty and bright lemon juice
dressing, instead of the more traditional
egg yolk-based Caesar. And, when the pie
amves, it immediately takes center stage,
since it is presented on a metal footed cake
plate. But, after the shock of the toppings,
be prepared for another shock. The bill. A
large pizza is $19.50.
Pizzas are not the only menu item available,
especially since the recent menu
redo, which added additional entree
choices, mostly in the sandwich department.
An Italian "rich boy" is offerred for
$5.75, as is a chicken parmesan. Grilled
Italian sausages and peppers goes for
$5.25, while smoked turkey breast and
chicken salad tarragon sandwiches come
in a $4.95. A very interesting Roasted
Italian vegetables in pita bread sells for
$4.95, and we’ve found this sandwich
interesting, though a bit heavy on the
lettuce and short on the vegetables .All of
Tucci’s
1344 East 15th
11 am- 10pm
Mon - Thurs
Fri/Sat til 11
closed Sun
Cuisine:
Nuovo
Italiano
Dress: Casual
Payment:
Cash, checks
MC, Visa,
and AmEx
Alcohol:
Domestic and
imported beer
Smoking:
Smoking on
outdoor deck,
non-smoking
inside (sort of)
Cost:
Moderate
~kat{.1nsgt:
menu, selling for $5.50, which
includes the lemon Caesar and
Italian bread. On the day we
reviewed Tucci’s, the special
was a spinach fettuccine with
basil cream. Assuming one
likes spinach (which we
don’t), the pasta was freshly
made and had a distinct
spinachy taste. The basil
cream sauce had pieces of
fresh basil leaf in it and was
light and pleasant. The only
surprise was that the dish was
served with a large soup spoon
on the plate. Why? There
wasn’t any soup on the menu?
Surely, they didn’t expect us
to. eat our fettuccine with a
spoon ! (for those who haven’t
memorized the writings of
Miss Manners, Jean-Pierre
insists that it is incorrect to eat
spaghettior fettuccine using a
spoon to~,~help twirl the pasta
around th~ fork.)
Several.~alads are also available,
from a large lemon Caesar
at $4~50, to the chicken
salad an~t~he.Mediterraneo at
$6.50. Could s~m.eone please
tell us why the: Mediterranean
salad proudly proclaims that
it contains shrimp from the
Gulf ofMexico? There is also
antipasto for $6:50.~
Beverages are fun here. Certainly,
the mostpopular is iced
cappuccino. They also make
Italian sodas, soda water with
a shot or two of various flavoring
syrups, and have an
¯ extensive selection of bottled waters, in-
~ cluding the Welch "Ty Nant," the pricey
¯ stuff in the pretty cobalt bottle.
Biscotti and cheesecake are always avail-
" able for dessert, and, when the kitchen
~ makes it and there is some left, a nice
¯ spumoni ice cream ($3.00) can be had.
¯ Even better is the tiramisu, sponge cake
¯ soaked with espresso and layered with
¯
Italian cream for $3.75.
The food at Tucci’s is good, and a
¯ relatively goodvalue for the money. The
¯ major area needing improvement is the
service. Chronically understaffed, the
¯ friendly and earnest wait staff will get to
¯ one’s table as soon as they can, but still,
¯ the wait can be annoying. On ourlast visit,
~ the iced cappuccinos and Italian sodas
¯ arrived at the table with no spoons or
¯ straws. And, the music being broadcast
¯ over the speakers was so loud, we could
~ hardly hear one another talk, making us
¯ feel like we were at the Full Moon Cafe
¯ across the street.
¯ But, the future is looking bright. The ¯
ownership triumvirate of husband, wife,
¯ and mother has recently extensively re-
- modeled the kitchen, and the menu under-
" goes regularrevision and freshening. The
¯ outside deck remains a popular spot for
¯ watching the Cherry Street traffic. We
¯ like Tucci’s.
~ Not feeling up to cactus or pineapple or
¯ peanuts on your pizza? There’s a-Pizza
¯ Hut just down the street for the timid.
Y
Chairman Terrance Tom called a nmvs
conference mad insisted that without referring
the opposite-sex couples in the
amendment, it will continue to invite la~vstfits
challenging the marriage law.
House and Senate conferees were fac;
ing an internal deadline of resolving their
differences over the stone-sex marriage
bills, although Sott~ acknowledged that
deadline could be waived upon an agreement
with Senate President Norman
Mizuguchi. Both Souki and Tom expressed
confidence that an amendment to
ban same-sex manJages and a package of
benefits for gay mad lesbian couples will
be approved before the Legislatm’e adjourns
April 29.
Tom defended his decision at die latest
House-Senate meeting Wednesday night
not to take up the rights package for samesex
couples. He said as far as he’s concerned,
the Senate has failed to provide a
comlter proposal to the House’s latest
proposal. Senate conference co-chairnlan
Avery Chumbley said the Senate will
meet with the House when the Itouse
agrees to take up both the anlendment mid
tile Lesbian/Gay benefits package and not
separate them. "They are both are part of
the stone problem mad we’re not going to
separate them," he said.
Rhode s and Kills
Anti-Marriage Bill
PROVIDENCE, RA. (AP) _ A bill to ban
gw marriages was voted down by a powerful
House couun{ttee on Thursday.
"Life in Rhode I~l,’md is not going to
change tomorrow if we don’t pass tiffs
bill," said Rep. Timoth3 Willianlson, DWest
Warwick, a member of the House
Judiciary Connnittee.
A1 though Rhode I slmad doesn’ t recognize
gay marriages uow, the bill’s supporters
worried the state would be forced to recognize
them if legalized in another state.
Debate over the issue led Congress to pass
and President Cliuton to sign last year the
Defense of Marriage Act. The law says
the federal government will not recognize
gay nlamages andit allows states to refuse
to recognize them as well.
No states allow homosexuals to marry,
although the Hawaiian Supreme Court is
considering the issue.
Rep. Michael Pisaturo, D-Cranston, opposed
the bill so much he introduced one
of his own to legalize same-sex marriages,
although henow plans to let his bill
die.
City Grants Partners
Health Insurance
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) - Saying he
hopes to lay down a model for the rest of
the state, MayorMichael Albano on Thursday
began offering health insurance to
gay and lesbian partners of city workers.
He acknowledged talat the move is bomld
to breed some dissent, saying, "There are
.those who do not yet understand that tails
IS a new world we live in." But he added,
"It is the right thing to do. My adininistration
will not discrilninate based on ...
alternative lifestyle. And no other city in
Massachusetts or in America should elfiler."
Springfield, file third largest city in tale
state with 160,000 residents, became the
second Bay State connnunity with such a
nleasure in effect, according to Gay mid
Lesbian Advocates and Defenders, a Boston-
based group that monitors gay rights.
Mary Bonauto, tlae group’s civil rights
direc.tor, said Cambridgeis tale other commumty.
"It’s a basic stand by the mayor
and city of Springfield for fairness to all
fmnilies and also for equal pay’ for eqtml
work," she said.
Albano signed the executive order in a
brief late-afternoon ceremony before city
and .state officials, gay-rights advocates,
jottrnalists mad others. State Attorney
General Scott Harshbarger, a supporter of
the policy, was also there. Albano said he
expects perhaps 20 or 30 of the city’s
6,500 employees to sign up for such coverage.
But he predicted it won’t create the
need for any larger appropriation. The
progranl now costs about $32 ~nillion a
year. The mayor ordered bereavement
and sick time rights for gay mid lesbian
partners of city workers in January 1996.
The city is defining a gay or lesbian
"domestic pm:tner" as someone sharing
expenses and living with the city employee
for at least a year "in a relationslfip
of mutual support, caning and counnitment
in wlfich they intend to remain for
file indefinite
In western Massachusetts, the town of
Palmer briefly adopted such a policy, but
oppouents m,’maged to dismantle it within
months. In Northmnpton, city leaders approved
apolicy ofletting stone-sex couples
register as such tbr certain rights, but not
health insurance. Voters later blocked the
move in a public referendum. In Springfield,
not everyone was embracing the
idea. "As a resic]ent, I find it reprehensible
that file3’ can do something fl~at so many
citizens are morMly opposed to," said
Ronald Crochetiere, a resident who said
he has been active on some political issues.
Maine Gov. Lets
Anti-Marriage Bill Pass
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - Sayiug his
decision was not an easy one, Gov. Angus
King will let the gay marriage ball enacted
by’ the Legislature last week become law
without his signature rather than force a
referendum by vetoing tale bill.
King said he has "a deep respect for the
institntion of marriage and its religious
roots," but he does uot bdieve the bill
remedies a problem because there’s no
movement in Maine to make same-sex
marriages legal. The governor also said
he does not believe traditional marriage is
under assault in Maine. "I believe that this
bill has very little to do with marriage and
nothhlg to do withlove," said King.
Concerned Maine Families, which led
the initiative that forced tam legislative
vote, said the law protects traditional
marriage from threats by inilitant gay
activists.
The governor had three options after
the bill was enacted by overwhelming
margins last week by the House and Senate:
sign file bill, veto it, wlfich would
force a referendum, or let it become law
without his signature. King said a referendum
would trigger a bitter and divisive
statewide campaign that would not benefit
the public. The governor also said he
expects the law to be successfully challenged
in court. He believes it violates
both tile equal protection and full faith
and credit clauses of the Constitution.
"This bill will briefly become law in
Maine, but it will nothavemynameonit,"
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"~ d~)’mplication would arise. The last visit
the fanfily had with him, he looked plNn
tired and we~. I had never seen him look
that way in my life. At one point, he ended
up in the intensive care refit. The last time
I saw him, he was so heavily sedated that
nay brother’s voice brought no reaction at
all. When I spoke, his eyelids fluttered as
he straggled to open his eyes. He finally
did, and tried to speak - in vain, because
they had a breattfing robe stuck down his
throat, making it impossible to talk. But
he. came to, tried to speak, and became
extremely agitated when he couldn’tcommunicate.
My brother and I were ushered out by
the nurse, for fear our presence would
disturb him further, causing him to damage
the numerous tubes and devices connected
to him. Keeping him alive. Sort of.
That is the last time I saw my father alive.
A couple of weeks later he lapsed into
coma. Momgave the orders to remove the
life support.
My father left this plane alone. No one
who h~ew him was there. I vowed then
that if anyone I was close to was in the
hospital, my first priority was being there.
No show, nojob, no other event would be
more important than being there - for
fmnily, friend, or lover.
The show went on. I remember the day
Dad died. The director berated me venomoush’
in front of the cast for not smiling
and"selling" the numbers I was in. I
had left a message on the answering machine
that morning, he didn’t get the message
until after the rehearsal. I for a change,
~vas the first one out the door, so he ufi ssed
me. I was ready, for the first time, to walk
out on a show. I just about told him he
could take the bloody solos and give them
to someone else. gcrew "’professionalism".
It had cost me too much Nready.
There ,are times that "The show must go
on" is absolute poppycock. There will be
other shows. I held my tongue, but barely.
I was in too much shock to say anything at
that Moment. He did apologize later.
Story two: I am in Fort Worth because
nay Mother has breast cancer, and had
both of her breasts removed on Monday
the 7th. According to several doctors, she
will need help for 2 -3 weeks, as she
won’t be able to lift her purse, so I am here
to help. Mom’s health is not so great.
She’s 74, a heavy smoker, and is handicapped,
and thus cm~’t get around solo
under the best of Circumstmaces. I have
too many scars and unanswered questions
leftover from Dad (as do all the members
ofmy f,’unil y) to ever let anyone I know go
into a hospital without me being there.
People can slip away too damn fast.
And all the political ballyhoo and bickering
in the world doesn’t change that.
Yes, it’s important to fight for what’s
right, and to use your time wisely. But
don’t forget the other things that are import~
mt, too - the smell of a flower, the
voice of a loved one, and the time you
spend with them. In the end, that.., is ....
ALL... that.., matters. Nomatterhow mnch
they am~oy you. You will miss them when
they’re gone. Jobs are replaceable, things
are replaceable, people ~e not. And too
many filings can go wrong.
My father died of cancer, my morn is
dealing with cancer, and we have tbund
out that three male cousins on her side are
dealing with/have died from cancer. Her
sister had breast cancer. I can’t shake the
feeling that I ana seeing how I will die,
barring bus crashes, plane explosions, and
bank robberies. It is ~t too likety, given
[hmily history and genetics Not to mention
that there is no more severe issue thm~
losino a pare~t I~sing one is bad enom,h’
it t~rces you to den with mortNity m a
way that no other loss can do. When a
parent Nes, you lose not oNy apart of
your Nstory, and present, but Nso your
clfildh~d. No one will be there to dean
up yot~ nfist&es or save you frown yourself,
if you were so fortunate to have had
fmNly like that. Some axen’t.
I’ve been lucky thus t’~. I ~ow Mom
will not l~t forever. Quite fray, the
f~ly has been expecting a Nagnosis of
lung ~acer to pop up for ye~s, yet she
has remNned in fNr heNth. She never
expected to outhve Dad. And when he
died, she stepped up the ~ount of algareties
consumed in order to ~tch up with
Nm. Didn’t woN. Bre~t ~cer was a
sunrise to us ~1. I and my fanfily have
certNNy had, and continue to have, our
differen~s. But they have always been
there for me, t~ough my back surgery,
tl~ough nasty splits with exMovers, and
whatever other crises I had. Now, it’s my
turn to be there for them. I tN~ this is
what should Ne meant by the term "fmnily
values."
And with that rather drmnatic ending, I
do have a Mnd of review. Anyone catch
toNght’ s "Dr. Qnim~, Medicine Woman"?
It’s not a show I usual3 watch (I am not at
~I parti~ to westerns - sacrilege coming
from an OM~oma resident and nativeborn
Texan, but there you ~e,), but b3
complete accident (except I, like Obi-
Wan Kenobi, don’t believe in accidents.
So~y, had to get that St~ Wars reference
in there, ya M~ow.), I happened upon it
tolfight. I was about to change the chanuel,
when the gist of the plot line lilt me.
Dr. Quinn was brining Walt Wlfitm~
into her dusty little Colorado county town
for a p~try reading. I though t~s a rather
novel idea. I wondered if they were going
to de~ With Iris being homosexual or just
gloss it over. So, I stayed tuned. I was
pleasantly suwfised.
Dr. Quiim, noticed that WdtW~
w~ depressed (Hmnun. Sounds fm~li~.
Have I wfitmn about ~s before?) and
asked lfim what wm up. He w~ saddened
that Iris so.mate could not be wi~ ~m.
She sfid, tot~ly t~owing of what gender
~s so.mate ~ght ~ (heterosexist
assumptions, don’tcha ~ow), "Well,
bring lfim on out from the ~st Co~tF’
Well, Waltw~ happier than a Gay m~in
a gym, and perked nfighfily. Me.time,
Her young son, a writer for the school
paper, interviewed Wilt for the school
paper...flone with ~m...during a solit~y
wflk in the woods. Back to subplot number
two,in w~ch the mwns~ople, thrilled
at the prospect of a man of W~t’s stature
bestowing a bit ofculture upon ~eir dusty
town, become rather discfinfinatory upon
being ~e gossip that W~t (GASP[) is a
"Nmmy-boy", "one of them fellers who
don’t like women ~e way most men normflly
do". Dr. Qui~m is hogtied that her
boy has been ~one with trim. She t~ks to
Sully, plwedby the everhm~yJoe ~do,
who tells her that she’s ove~eacting, that
in lfis Nbe, gay folk are ac~pted~dhave
eqtu~ status. His is the voice of reason,
and he’s given excellent diNoN~e in tlfis
episode. Well, She questions the boy, and
tells lfim not go into the woods None with
X~qfitman. She does do some research, and
finds ~at some German literature of the
day ch~flks it up to a defective gene. She is
upset, because she emwnined Whitman
and didn’t "see" anytlfing like this wrong
with lfim. see Jim, page 14
~JJr~ continued from page 13
Stdly tells her she should just
accept him for who he is, that he
is still the same mm~ whose writing
tlmlled her.
W~t’s souhnate arrives,
he cheers up. The townsfolk display
their homophobia with maliciotks
gossip zu~d ontright discrimination,
denying the couple
a hotel room. Dr. QuimL despite
her misgivings, invites them to
stay in her home, m~d gradmflly
comes to ~low them as simply
two folk in love. She asks if the
townspeople’s reaction bofliers
him. lie replies no, that life is too
sliort to #re iu to oflmr people’s
ucgativity ~md empower it. Dr.
Quiun is ok widi M1 ~is, undl
Walt t~es her boy fishing.
Alone. In tim woods. Fe~ng dm
worst, she m~es a mad dash for
the fislfing hole, wifll Sully telling
her not to jump to conclusions.
She m~d Snlly sne~ np on
W~dt m~d the boy, fislfing. ~m
bo) spe~s to WMt, ~ng ~m
what "’Nmmy-boy" memas. In a
~vonderfully written respo~me, he
tells the boy, that it is a word
somc folks ~une up ~vith to hurt
others, tte wreaks the boy that
words cm~ be ~vcapons, us~ to
hurt. But they cml ~dso be used to
lined, to reflect tim positive, wondrous
ddngs in liiE, mid that he
mid thc boy had a gift to use
words in t~mt way. And thus,
thc3 could countcract the hate-
4"ul, negative words. Aud of
course, l)r. Quinu, fears assuagcd,
smiles beatifically, ~d
she m~d Joe embrace, t~lll ofhope
for the world. Fade out, dissolve
to thc poe~’y rca~ng, with a
hm~dful 0f imoplc attending. But
cvcn a hmldfid ~m effect a lot of
chm~gc. I liked WMt’s perspectivc.
I will try tom&e it my own.
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Feb. 15 - March 14, 1997, v. 4, no. 3
Serving Tulsa’s Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual & Trans Communities
Marriage Update
i OKCongressm.an Denies
Attack Gays Speech
WASHINGTON - The Human Right~’ ~pai~ (HRC), the
: nation’s largest Lesbian/Gay civil rights and political lobbying
: organization issued a statement raising concerns about possible
anti-Gay bias in the Republican response to President Clinton’s
: State of the Union address. The Republican response was given
: by Oklahoma Congressman JC Watts whose district includes
HRCExecutiveDirectOrElizabeth Birch cal]~l Upon Watts to
clarify apassage ofhis speech inwhichheseemedto bejustifying
faith-based discrimination against gay people. After calling for
an end to racial discrimination and asserting that "America must
be a place where we all.., feel a part of the American.dream," he
said: "It does not happen by trying tommrich against poor or by
using the politics of fear. It does not happen by reducing our
values to the lowest common denominator, and, friends, it does
not happen by asking Americans to accept what’; immoral and
what’s wrong in the name of tolerance." (emphasis added)
Birch said,"Iamconcerned thatCongressmanWatts may have
made a thinly veiled appeal to the very politics of fear which he
had deplored in his previous sentence... Like other faith-based
differences, sincere religious disagreements .over the issue of
see Watts, page 2
’.Moving. Toward
:1 clus=veness : :Unitarians Walkthe Talk
~LSA - For Darryl Matkins and his partner of
more than 12 years, the Rev. Chester McCall,
." ;fOrmerly San Francisco Bay Area residents, Tulsa
Norman and south-central/south-west Oklahoma. The concerns ¯ 4ias been a big adjustment - not just in terms of
ofHRCwereechoedbysomemembersoftheTulsaLesbianand : .Jc~einganopenlys~e-genddrcouplebutevenmore
Gay community as wall..... .’.-.ib terms of.the-city s morebv~rtracis~il~ "
¯ : McCall began as an interim pastor with The
¯ Unitarian Church of the Restoration at 1314 No.
Greenwood last Septemb,.er. MCCall, who was ordained
in 1979in the
United Church of
Christ (UCC) before
becoming part of the
Unitarian-Universalist
(UU) tradition,
notes that he came
into the denomination
in response to
the efforts of the
UU’s actively to recruit
people of color
into. the traditionally
¯ The Rev: Chester McCallof "White" denomina¯
tion. And as an
the Church of the Restora- ¯ tion & his partner of 12 o. penlyBisexualman
¯ years, Mr. Darryl Matkins. ~n a longterm relationship
with another
: Bisexual man, McCall also helps the UU’s work
: toward their goal of an inclusive church where
¯ Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Transgendered persons are
: welcome both as members and in the ministry.
: Cht~rch of the Restoration is unusual in Tulsa for
: being oneof a handful of congregations in the city
that are purposefully interracial. Even its name is
symbolic of the role it hopes to play in trying to
: bridge the racial and other differences that have
~.~. R~rur_’6~ ~6-nsdrtiumi ~aihyHinkle ofPFLA~ andKathy Bird ¯ since the !.921 *Race .Riot". It ~is an extension
¯." Of RAIN along with Melani~ Spector (not ~hown) spoke about ". church; Which means it’s supported both by its
¯ homophobia at the Feb. AIDS Coalition meet.ing..Photo: TFN "- congregation and with assistance fromthede~Omi~
: AiDSCoalitionHolds
i Homophobia Panel!..
TULSA - The AIDS Coalitioh~0iTulsa presented aprogram on "
-Homophobia at its,Feb~monthly meeting. Mdanie Spector :.
oftheOklahoma Srate. Dept. 0fHealth suggested ,theprogram.and. ¯
brought a Video, GayLife & Culture Wars, featured interviews ."
with Lesbians and Gay men, and parents in Oregon during the :
anti-Gay referenda there. The Coalition first.watched the video. ¯
Afterwards apanel presentedadditional information. BobHulscy ¯
¯ of the HIV Resource Consortium spoke about what it was like to "
see Panel, page 12 :
NatiOnal BiaCkOrganization
ChallengesChristian Coalition
: nation. McCall was askedby the former andfound’"
ihneg p~aosidtodr.~ovfftfhnet.Cth6ui.rbceh~op~f tshtoerR, etsotowrahtiicohnwMhCetChaelrl
respbntled, "ate youcrazy?!"’ Butnot long after, he
found himselfon a plane to Tulsa and was asked to
serve as pastor for a year. This period meets his
denominational requirement for a year of supervised-.
service--tO h .coh~r-~gafion~--and helps-the
Church 0f the R~esto~ation ihrough the period of
adjustment after seeing its founding pastor move
on. McCall’s advisors are the Rev. John Wolfe of
All Soulsand the Rev. Jim Issacs of Tahlequah.
And .~hile it se~ms to McCall that his congregation
has~adjnsted fairy ,well to.havinga nomheterosee
Talk ,.page 12
Comilng Soon!
: shanti,s--Mar li Gras, IAM
: Membership-Drive, Pride
i Ce.nter Video ~ghts, PFLAG
: Spaghetti-. Dinner with OKC
! Metro ChOrus +7’ TresPasses"
.o . . s_ee Soon,.page 3
INSIDE - EDITORIAIJDIRECTORY
US & WORLD NEWS
H.~E~.LTH NEWS ~,..
HF.~LTH & WELLNE~
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P.7
P. 8
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P. IO
¯ WASHINGTON ~- The leaders of a national Black lesbian and
: Gay organization today responded cautiously to dements ofa
¯ recentlyly announced plan by the right-wing political/religions
: group, The Christian Coalition and called on the group to take
¯ honest, constructive steps to heal the wounds of division that it
: has fostered. Keith Boykin, Executive Director of the National
¯ Black Lesbian and Gay Leadership Forum, said the recent
¯ announcement of the Christian Coalition’s Samaritan.Project is
: only a "first step" in reconciling the religious right’s.history of
¯¯ indifference toward blacks, the poor and the.inner ¢ities~ ,The
Samaritan Project includes an 8-point planf0r strong f~amilies,
¯ safe neighborhoods, charitable giving, racial justice, hndrevital-
: izi~g the church. Despite the plan’s positive rhetoric,~Boykin
P. 11
P. 1.2
P: 13
P.~i4
Hawaii May Add.Marriage
Ban to Constitution?
HONOLULU (AP) - The state Senate Judiciary Committee
has approved two bills aimed at resolving the
same-sex marriage issue, following the same approach
taken by the House recently.
One calls for a state constitutional amendment to ban
same-sexmarriages. Theother, activated o.nly ifHawaii’s
voters ratify the amendment, would give same-sex
couples many of the same rights and responsibilities of
married Couples, but going much further than provided
in the House measure.
What we have attempted to do is to.craft a constitutional
amendment that will accomplish the objective of
limiting marriage to couples of the opposite sex while
preserving what we know to be our citizens" commit-
~ncn~. to. ~aimess~ tolerances.ands! equality,~,~said~Sen,-
amended House bills now go t..0...:~he Senate floor for
likely approval before going:~0n to a House-Senate
conf~rehce committee tO resoI~e differences.
The committee action came following a five-hour
hearing at which opponents"and supporters of samegender
marriages reiterated the argumetits.that have
marked the debate since a 1993 state Supreme Court
decision. Thehigh court said the equal protection clause
of Hawaii’s Constitution requi~ed that same~sex marriages~
belicensedu~l~s~ti~ sia~e ~uld show acompelling
state interest not tolicense them. "
Debi Hartmann, chair of the Hawaii’s Future Today
group formed to oppose same-sex marriages, told the
committee that since marriage is a public policy issue,
it should be decided in the Legislature.
Attorney Dan Foley, who represents three same-sex
couples who sued the state after being denied marriage
licenses in 1991, denounced the proposed constitutional
amendment. The Legislature is preparing to send
voters an amendment "to deny rights to citizens of this
state...despite overwhelming and undisputed evidence
that same-sex marriages would benefit families and
children in this state," Foley said.
Underthe SenateJudiciary Committee’s action,alaw
extending many of the rights and responsibilities now
given married couples to same-gender couples world
go into effect only if Hawaii’s voters approved the
constitutional amendmentbatming same-sex marriages
in the 1998 general election.
Committee co-chairman Matt Matsunaga said. the
rights package for same-sex couples were those "we
believe that virtually any fair minded citizen would
agree should reasonably be extended to others."
Democratic members Robert Bunda and Norman
Sakamoto voted against both bills while other four
Democrats voting for them, including Sen. Wayne
Metcalf, who was sworn into the Senate two hours
earlier as a successor to Big.Island Sen. Richard
Matsuura, who resigned due to illness.
Matsunaga said the bill allowing same-sex couples to
regist~ as :."reciproca! .beneficiar~’.es". with the. state
Departm’~ent,of Health~.ngludes a "
cautioned that the black.community and the gay community still
have much reason to be skeptical.Jesus warned us, Beware of
false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but -ENTERTAINMENT/ARTS
inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shallknow them bytheir COMMUNITY CALENDAR
fruits. (Matthew 7:15-16) ~
Boykin said that the Black Lesbian and Gay LeaderShip Forum GA’Y HISTORY
wonld be closely watching the frnits of the Christian Coalition to
¯see that,their.d~edslmatch their words.: Heals0 kunounced,two,,-: RESTAURANT REVIE~W~LASSlR~DS
. . see Black, ~age 3!: :
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° : Repeated calls to Watts’ DC Office by
TUlSii FatallyNews produced a clarification
ofWatts’ comments. PamPryor,press
! secretary and headof Watts"DC office
, . no.ted.that she Was With the Congressman
: When he was asked by a reporter ff the
¯ remarks,".., what’s immoral and what’s
wrong.. ?’ referred to Gay and Lesbian
citizens. " ~
Pryor related that the_Congressman
Statdtthat-he hadinmiiMisgues like late.
term abortions,and even Ebonies, and fitd
not intend the remark to beunderstood as
referring to Gay and Lesbian taxpay,e~,~...
FurtherWatts added, that inhis,,of~ce, if
you can play, you get auniform -imp,!ying
that Congressman Watts does not diss
criminate in his office. However; Watts"
office has been asked to sign HRC:s nondiscrimination
pledge edlmpaign and has
declined to do so. TheHRCnon-discriminationpledgecampaignbeganinresponse
to comments by then-Oklahoma Representative
Jim Inhofe (now US Senator)
thathe would refuse to hire Gay employ-
¯ ees in his office.
¯ Pryor also noted that Congressman
¯ Watts- is an ordained-Southern Baptist
: minister and could be~ expected to hold
.- view in line with those of that Protestant
: Christian denomination. However, Pryor
¯ vetoed- a measure banning ~ame sex marriage.--The bill:. --:
¯ applied not only to same-sex mamages,- but also to-
: heterosexual, couples living together.
dress the expressed concern by some that o~r state might : Communities in Colorado can acknowledg~ domestic i
becomeamarriagemillforsame-sex coup!es,"Matsunaga : partnerships. In Boulder; 53 couples,including four hetsaid.
The House measure would give same-sex couples . erosexual couples, have registered with the domestic "
registered with the state rights for hospital visits and.to " ,p,armership registery there. But that registery provides ¯
make health decisions for each other, joint property ¯ nolegal rights andr~ponsibilities’~ .as ffascoe~sbiilldid. ¯
rights, inheritance rights and the right to sue for wrongful "- Mary Celeste, an attorney, said she and .her parmer "
death. The Senatemeasure includes thoserights andadds : raised three children during their 12 years together. She ¯
several key economic measures, including state retire.- ~ said all committed .couple~s should have .,Mol .the legal. ~
ment benefits, state tax benefits and workers ompensa-’ ~ ~ s.thnding 0f bet.er0sexua[ married ~c.buples~ ~~ai~. ntt- i
fion benefits. Excluded were areas that- might create : ’ noyel. This_is:somethi_"ng .we.und~ts~d~ We khow ~w.hat ~ i.
federal or interstate conflicts, such as social security,
government housing.programs, resident military benefits
and state Social service programs.
NM Women Seek Marriage License
SANTAiCE (AP) -Two women who applied foralicense.
to marry each other say their action was basedin part on.
principle. "I don’t understand why we should be treated
differently than any other committed couple," said Patti
Levey, 37, who showed up at the SantaFe County clerk’s
office Tuesday with Beth Saltzman, 34, to apply for a
marriage license.
The clerk’s office mined down their application, saying
the attomey general needs to issue an opinion on the
legality of same sex marriage in New Mexico. After
County Clerk Rebecca Bustamante rejected the application,
Ms. Saltzman said she and Ms. Leveyl had been
discriminated against.
Aside from a reference to bride and groom, and male
and female applicant on themarriagelicense application, ~ benefits to employees with domestic partners, many Of tRaaklephfoRureasdp,eBciofyickisnt"eepnsc,to0uaracgheiedvReeScodci’salos.ragnidmeiczoatnioomn tioc
nothing in New Mexicolaw specifies a married couple whom are homosexual.~Companies and employees alike ¯ justice. First, he asked that Ralph Reed meet with memmust
be aman anda woman. Kay Roybal,spokeswoman " say the policy improves morale and can- sharpen the bers of the black lesbian.and gay ’community to,discuss
for Attorney General Tom Udall, said state attorneys ¯ recruiting edge. But nobody forced the decisions. NowI " how we can overcome the barriers,that have excluded our
would have to research case law on the subject, the City of San Francisco has told United Airlines ithad ¯
State Sen. Leonard Lee Rawson, R-Las Cruces, said " toobeyanordinancereqniringcompaniesdoingbusines~ cooperation, Second, hecalledfortheChrisdanCoalition
he’s concerned that if New Mexico doesn’t take a stand ,- with the city to offer spousal be~xefits tO their workers’ :. itnoceluxdpaenSdotchiaelSJcuosptiecoeffoitrs a"lRl apceioapl lJeu,sitniccel’us’dcinamg pleasibginantos
on sam.e sex marriage, the courts ~’will nile liberally and ¯ unmarried and same-sex partners.- ¯ and gays¯ ~The Christian Coalition should support the a¯ ccept gay marriages." Rawson expects a bill to be ............ ~ ......... - - .- ~, . . . .... ~vlary Jo nottanu, a umtea s oKeswoman, sale that xa
.introduced ~.n th.e 1997 s.eSSlO.n ~at w..ould .r..e~o~gmze a_ ." UnitedofferedbenefitsinSan~Pr~cisco, itwouldhavet6 ; Employment Non Discrimination Act, which outlaws
heter¯osexu. al umon as. the only legally vahd " term ot : offer them worldwide. Unitedhadno estimate of What .: etimonp,!,oBymoyeknitnsdaiisdc..rTimlfiirnda,,tBiogny.Mbans~ed.al~o.dn~tsheex~u9arlumorcieanlltesdmamage
m New Mextco. - - " Such ~ompliance might cost United alread cdm lies-"-. : ,. -~ o~ - ......... . ..... ~ P . foranendtotl},,~ChristianCoalifion.)sinflam_matoryanfi-
~ ~ ’ ¯ " " .,, . ~ with.a New Zealand. Human.Rights. Commission ruling .- gay rhetoric. If they really, want .to ~help~com..rnunities,
- Maine Gov, Supports Marriage " .- banningbenefitsthatapply,0nlytoinarriedcouples;Thiit ~ .theyfirst.n.e .. to stop the. hatefut,r,hetorie thath,as kept
gAeUstGedUtShTatAh,eMwaoiunled (nAoPt o)p~pGosoeva.cAitnizgeunsim~gaa.thivaestoSbuga?r. :i ..t.eriaflriyn,g ..la.Xn.dm~Uaitns i.Nteedw.n~.oZwehlaalnldoewrss.t9~tsn.oemminp~loatyeeaens y~in~Ne.efwi-.. ~"-. pwehooplseindciev1id9e9d4~hagaasiln.set,do~ne,,l_ogtha.edre~~.¯s‘.shaipjdF;Moraut~m.,d~y,~.,C~aa~ll,etro,
recognition of same~sex marriage in Maine, despitehis ~ Zea!andtofollowsmL . .. i " " ~ ’ : "i Resist"eampaign.Fourth,.theFornmmgedtheChrisdan
concern that the effort may be constitutionally flawed. " - .In San Francisco, United.employees say they watit ~ :.. Coalition to renounce,the.elem~n.ts ofit,sS.am_aritan Plan
King’s comments came Tuesday as Concerned Maine ".’" be able to offer benefits tb their ~ho.sen families, straight .. that will cause further econgmic, injusti~..
Families filed what it Said were 62,157 signatures with..: .ornpt, married or not2 .,It’s. about.equal_i~," says Kenf .. : The Samaritan Project bills itself as. *’a bold, and-comdecfions
officials. Ifverified, the petitions would force a ¯¯ Bloom, a flight attendatit w_ho. ha,s,.w.or.k.ed.2.2.y.ta-rs..f,o, r ..¯ passionate,~.p,lan ,t~oeombat-poy~rty .and. res,to~e hope." referendumon the same-sex marriage ban unless it wins ~United and hopes-to one oay ¯o.n.e~r.ms o. enents~to ms : However, there, s ..nothi.ng bol.d 0r.qompassionateabout
approvalin the Legislature. TheConcerned Maine Fami- : partuer~ l~dike Owiibdy. - . - - ~ " .balancing:the budget On the backs of.the, poor,", Boykin
lies proposalincludes languagedeelaringthat’!personsof : - If United we!~e to adopt,such a policy in.this coun.try,?it ¯ said. "What kind of good. S.amari.tan.wonldabandon the
would be the first major U.S.-b~ed airline to do. sol
requirement for both partners. ’q’his is intended to adthe
same sex may not contract mamage." It also.would
require the state to refuse to recognize such marriages
performed in other states.
King, moreover, volunteered that he percei~Ved "an
issue of whether a state can do something like this,’~given
constitutional language promoting state-to-state cooperation.
"Clearly this would end up in the Supreme
Court," King said. In sketching his attitude toward the
initiative, King noted that he had been a strong supporter
of so-called gay rights legislation aimed at oudawing
discrimination against homosexuals in anumber of areas.
In 1995, Concerned Maine Families spearheaded an
unsuccessful campaign to restrict gay rights in Maiite.
CO Legislature KillsDomestic Partnership-
DENVER (AP)-A bill providing legal status to couples
who live together but are not married was killed on
Wednesday by a legislative committee that acknowledged
there are problems, but said the measure was a step
too far.
"Politically for me it’s a difficult vote, morally for me
it’s a difficult vote. I’m not prepared to vote for it right
now," said Sen. Ed Perlmutter, D-Wheat Ridge. After
hearing several stories of partners losing their rights in
relationships after their loved ones died, the Senate Judiciary
Committee voted 5-3 against SB161, which extended
legal rights - such as power of attorney and
visitation rights - to domestic partners.
The bill, by Sen. Pat Pascoe, D-Denver, comes a year
: the problems are and this is the remedy," she said. Sue ¯ Co.~gratulationstoDonfshaPowell, thenewMiss Sooner
¯.. AndersonofDenv.er, toldthe’comm!tieehowherparme~’~ ~. Siate USafA~997!Sh~ islsden~he;,e ~,~th l~o~iJy~James, 1st
: family kicked her outof their house after she called ~em" "i" ~d/merSup, Eb~nY Hail, 2nd umfer:@, MCParis Grey
: to tell them their estranged-dhughter had died of leulee- . and -t~e otl~e’r fdbu~tu~ ~Omestdi~is at t’ha Silver Star¯
i mia. Anderson left wi~ just.a b~g of her clothes and. ’ ; i " " on’to c6~,’pete:’ihih~ Miss "Oklahoma
nothin,,g, elsetheyhadaceu~nnlatedi~thei~6yearrelati0n: ".~ ~ S be hd~l Feb~ 22 ~ ~3 :at "the Star.
: ship. Ultimately Iwas not inanyposiiion to do’any-’ :" I " i I
: ~thing,"shesaid."ThiskindofsituadonisnftOKandthis .’ 1 I I
: bill is a start’toward addressing these issues." ~ : ¯ ’ ’ I I
¯ "Sen. Sally Hopper, R=G01den, voted against ille bill; : " [ I [
¯ ,s,a.yingshedidn’tlikeitsimpactonheterosexualcouples. ~ -othermeasuresto-iiesi~ondtotlie~amafiiaftprpjtct.-First, ¯
We are encouraging people WhO ~e ntt married tO live .. tbe Forum willtakeup the is~ueot~ th~ religitus right in
together who -could get married, she -said.~ "We are ¯ the black cOrnmuaity at’its Tenth Anntml"National. Conmaking
this so legal and SO acceptedT~ ~ ference going on,through Sunday in Long B~a6h~Califor-
: " " " : nia.Se~on"d, the FOrum will distribute to ~hiircheS nafion-
: Airline: City’s Domeetic Partner Law " -Wide’copies of a he~¢award:winning documentm’~ film
!
~ Would:Have Global Effects~ ’ . ~.: ~-calJed":Al~G°d’~-sCMl~en"’:W~chyes,-Pg~ds’t° therole
¯ sAN FRANCISCO (AP)-Disney-s done it. so have ." ofthe radical-reli~tus fighf in th~blackChurch: : ¯
¯ - - In a F~brtmry 4 letter,to Christian Coalition director
¯ Levi Strauss, IBM and American Expres.s. All offer "
:
Several international airlines already have more.indu- ..
sive b¢.nefits. Qantas Ai~.ays,.forex~tmple, has .offered
benefits and travel passes, to i.ts Australian employeds’~ ~."
"nominated beneficiaries" for years. In Israel, a 1994: ¯
laws.nit forced E1 A1 io offer :d~mesticlp~qner henefits.i.
AndAir Canada has .fffereddomesticpartner benefits to
its !8,000 Canadian employee.s since e~ly:last year..
" This is not alightmatter foreither the:city or the airline. ¯
Uni-ted is amajor p!ayerin San Francisco; itsfacility hefe,: :
the company’s .major mainfenan,ce hub and gateway to
trans-Pacific flights, .employs about 20,000 peo.pie -= ¯
almost one-fourth of.all United dmployees worldwide. ¯
United traffic is 40 percent Of all airline business at the "
San Francisco airport. . ."
Wyoming Against Marriage
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - A House panel moved for- ¯
ward a controversial bill that would prohibit same-sex
marriages in Wyoming. Just minutes before the House :
Labor, Health and Social Services Committee voted to
send House Bill 94 to the House floor, several speakers
spoke on the measure that some called a way to preserve
tradition and families, while others called it an embarrassment
to the "Equality State." ¯
The bill would invalidate same sex’marriages in Wyoming
and would not allow the state to.honor Such mar- -"
riages if or when they are recognized in oilier states.
role of government in helpingtheneedyT’ he asked.
Boykin called on the religious xight to.embrace new
challenges~ .including. preven,’~t~ng 1he. Spread Of HIV/
AIDS, the leading..cause of death-forAfrican-Americans
between the ages of25and44~ ’,’! wartt to see.theChristian
Coalition fighting for Medicaid funding .and health care
for the 37 million uninsured .Americans.,’-’ he said.
The National Black Le.sbian and .Gay :l_:~adership Forum
is the only n_atignalorganization dedicated.to the
nation’s two and a half mi!lion Mrican-American Gays
and Lesbians. Establi.sh.ed in 1988,,the-Forum works to
empower Black Lesbians and.Gays by.developing their
leadership skills, increasing their .visibi.!ity~ an~d b~uilding
bridges between,their various.communities.. . .
As us~ua!, Tulsa.community ~rganizatious a, range of
activities upcoming. Shanfi Tulsa will hold iis 10th annual
Mardi Gras fundraiser on Sat: March 8. Call 749-
7898 for info.
Interfaith AIDS Ministries 0AM) ~has kicked off its
annual membership drive and its.ts due,,ues are so modest that
none of us have any excuse not to,join~ Low income is
ONE DOLLAR/year, individual.i~ $5/year and house:
hold is $10/year. They do good--w0rk and provide HIV/
AIDS education and aninfo, line. Infact, diey we.r~ doing
a highly effective 24hour .ilffo..line.for almost no.money
-.. :,.--. ~see S~dn, page lO
t ay uops Hecrulzea
’SAN FRANCISCO (AP). = A- large-scale natioftal ¯ CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP)- The Cambridge Police
consumer survey of gay menandlesbians says popu- ," Department wants gay men and women to know they ~ ~-"--,,I
lar entertainment, sport utility vehicles, computes : are .welcome to apply for jobs as police officers.
and financial planning scored high on their lists;.Of ¯ Police officials said gays will, not be given any hiring
interests:The homosexual.codmaffnity iSlargely well~ :., preference but they won’LJ~c:.discriminated against,
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ceeding $10.0,000 for 21 percent of the market, the ~ -"A. lot of people feel-they aren’t.welcome in some Res: 582-7672
survey said. Some 22 percenthave graduate degree~ ¯ cities and towns," Frank Pasquarello, spokesman for
it-=f,~d~ and 58 percent hold management positioi]s. ~ the department; told the- Boston Herald.."We are
q’his’ study confirms the affluence and. spending :: addressing that by making sure members of the gay
patterns for which there previously has been only ~ and.lesbian community feel they are welcome. Every
aneedotalevidenee;"saidRebeecaMcPheter~s;presi- , group is welcome,~’ he said. .
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Adverting-agency .Mulryan/Nash; a New- York - gays.. The departmentissued astatement last week
agency aimed’a~ gay icoustimers, eonimissioned the ~ inviting:gaydto apply: ’q’his i~ an invitation. This is
survey. The intent Was-tO index the .market: The ." notaguarantee~0fajob,"Pasquarell0said.Hesaidhe
pollsters surveyed 3,896 gay men an~women’acrogS i did not know ofany openly gay, officers in Camth~
country, then combined the results for meh~and bridge, but-added, "W~ couldcareless if sbmeone is
W.ome~ in ~ totals. Not~tirprisingl~,; "nearly" 90 9~,l~y gay, as4ong as they do their job." " - ,
p~r~eiitoftho~epbJIedsaiff~eypfefei:h’ot~ls,:re~.t~d~ .:’ q’l~el~sbian-gaycommuuityinCa~nbridgedoesn t
rants .atidotherbtl~inessesthiit~aarket’to°ga~ c0nsmfi: really see itself represented on the police departers~
Theyfilstfa¢tr travd’~p0t~ ~n~’~y-ffielidl’y~ ment," said Robb Johnson, WhO liv.es in Cambridge
"’The report showed gay- eonsnmefs,:ar.e 16yal. to andisanac~vis.t~.Wi~theFenw.ayC0mmun,i,’tyH~ealth
product brands that adverfise i,n the gaypr’ess; such~ C~at.eri "It s in¢.umbent,dn the.eity to create an
Ab~dt~.v0dkfi~~Tahqueray gin and Subaht. Some 72 enviionmemwhe.’r,e,"tfficer~ enid come out orcornpercent
of those suryeyed’ had attended-liv~theatet ix~t¢ forlth~ exam, he said. ¯ ’ : ¯ " ’
Within-the past-year, nearly’dtuble..the 37 percentof ¯ ~ ~ " "--" ° " ’~ "~ " " " ..... " ’~ ’ "’ " "
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men and lesbians reported seeing at least two feature ¯ Family Homes
films in the last mpnth, more than three times the 6." , ’ i.P..artner Benefits?
pe~ce.nt 0fAme~aus in,ge~neral:- .: ~ ~: , ~ i
; SAN FRANCISCO (AP)~-.United Ai’flines moved a
No.n,Diserimi.nati0 n ! small~stepcloser.toofferingdomesticpartnerbenefits R~x, POV,LrOm, 7474746
tO employees by sending a letter to a city supervisor
:fOr .californ:ia Sch001s- " saying it was.Studying thelaw to see if compliance is
¯ possible..But the airline still has not committed to
SACRAMENTO (AP)’-: A lawmaKer who whs the : offering ~mployeesin registered::domestic,partuer- BROOKSIDE fir:~0penlygaymemberOftheC.alifomiaLe~islamre : ships the same benefits as married couples. - " . .:.
is trying again this year to ban discrimination-against Theletter,.receivedThurs~y, is thelatest develop- ghy~..andle~bia~.S-in:publidedueatioh: : " - . " merit in a stalemate between~United and-the city over JEWELRY
~ The ~bill introduce" by. As~embl~woman" Slieila " San Francisco’s new domestic partners" ordinance. Kuehl,.D-Sfin~ Moniea, wtuld prohibit bias bhsed ¯ Thenewolaw requires’ companies doingbusiness with 4649 So. Peoria.
off sexual orientation in’seho_ol employment; cturicti, " the city to offer Spousal benefits to their workers’
turn and-the treatmetit-of students On campus. : unmarried, and same-sex partners.
A similar bill failed.last year when Republicans United officials said inthe letter that"they are
controlled the AsSetnbly. But Democrats ate back in ¯ going tb-take a.full-analysis of the-:legislatiOn~ and
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poWer this- year,, putting theissuein the lap,of Gov. ~; make a decision on whether they will be able to
Pete WilSon; .~.Republican who-has both. supported " implement it,Y Supervisor Leslie.-Katz said. ’¢Fhey Comer Of and opposed gay-dghts ihitiativesin his six ygarsas : have not taken a position as to .the feasibility of
chief executive: ~Wilson has taken.no position:on the ¯ compliance," she added. ¯ 48th & Peoria
bill4whieh hasn’.tyet facedits first committee testin " ¯ The_airlinehad to consider 0ffering.domestic part- 9:30 -5 pm -
¯ theAs~embl’y.. Bat:both sides" ~r~ predicting~that ,the : net benefi,ts when the =Board of-Supervisors’ Govern- Mo~dpY - Friday
governor will.comeumierinteusepressurewhenhis : ment Efficiency and Labor Committee senta $13.4
tumcomes to decide tbediatt~r: ’ ¯ million United lease~back to,the ~irports Cornmis
" ’%Ve ate ~,~ry seri0us’fibtu( the4obbying-w¢ _d.0~" : sio~-in:=Jan~uary~ .The .aiditxe~whiCh.makes up 40.
sa~dL~llefiMeCOi;miek/al~iSlati:ve-adVO~atef0iLife ~ percent-0f:the airport’s business; Wanis a ~-~e~ .... -~,,__ ~7
Lobby; a gay-rightS group ~:that~ reCenfly~ attracted ¯ lease for anew kitchen-ahd maintenance center.
more than 500yomig people tp’a Iobbying day at the : Uuited says that if if were to offer domestiepartuer ~-~7’~:7
Capi-tol..i’.q]iegayand’le~bia~communityisgoihg-to" b.enefitstoits.l.7,000,1ocalemployees, itwonldalb~
ve.~active on-thi~ bilLWe ~anmobilize’ ¢omm-u: " most surely have to offer.them to its 80,000 workers nltie,:t om allov=.the tat .:"’ " " - . ¯ : n tionwide. Sa uncisco’S dOm s :p =ers ordi MCC of Greater Tulsa
Assem~blymanSt~veBaldwin,’aLaMesaRepub~-" nancetakes eff~t.June.1; and the-~ity has shown - ,
eamwho wfl!.:help [ehd tliebpp0s.ititm, said~Wiison s ! some flexibility~ in, the ,deadline., ,On- Montlay; the. :"Whore God Up,lifts All People"
mixe~.re~x~rd o,~ g’ay’is~ues wil}imike’the lobbying al~ " Board.of S.uperyisors .g-awPacificBell;MobileSer-- " "
the~mote~intense: .The~Anahdm~.b~sed:~fadhional- .~ vices two yea~s.tO comply .with=the law>The firm is- " ’ " "
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newspapers to ain’t ~hikehgoers’statewfdeabout th~ : ". .....- "...... - "- "’ 162:J-N.-Maplewood
bill. ’Nou’ ]l see awhole cnltural war goin~,g on when " !~.G~ -’=-- Tulsa, Oklahoma 838-1715
KuHff~: li~i~a’[li~ ~a~~isgri~i-h~ust "~ whetherltomosexuals shonld-be barred from,being " ~
gays an~d lesbiam in,the ,~chools is .!~.Tv=asive. But-
~ traineO~ as teachers la~ :sparked a rare outburst of
pr~o~,f ~s. s..¢~9~.~t:~.e .gays.:m ge~era!..a~0 yo.ung ¯ intolerance of gays. - ~-
thei.r.gfie~s~she3aidS~h~feS’.stiry~.#s.~ht.win.~ outspoken.supporterof theban, even-said that gay " : ¯ ’ ¯ . .
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ahffnioiq I~~1~. fo Idll .~,em~~d~,e~.th,an~e:h¢i~rt~i prone-to.becoming maleprostitutes.. The comments ’
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- the collective name for the teacherscolleges -
recently announced it would not admit.gay students.
"Homosexual teachers would affect young students
because youngsters look at their teachers and absorb
things,, said Sirote Pholpuntin, director of aBangkok
branch. "Those who wotti~r i~ach young studba,t~
should be idealistic and perfect, they should be nor-
Representatives of about a dozen activist and academic
organizations wrote a letter to the education
minister protesting that thebanviolatedhumanrights
and academic freedom. They also said it was against
the tenets ofthenational religion, Buddhism-"which
teaches people to be merciful."
Scoffed Suldaavich: "I’m not goingto allow afew
people to determine the course of national.education,
They cite human fights. That’s nonsense." His stand
earned him a sharp rebuke in a Bangkok Post editorial,
which said his comment,was silly and unealled
for and most of all, it showed an. appalling lack. of
sensitivity for someone holding the post of national
education chief."
Nevada’s Gay Legislator
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - Freshman Assemblyman
David Parks may be the first openly gay person
in the NevadaLegislature.But Parks,whohas worked
in local government and lobbied.for more than 25
years, is no. stranger to. the legislative process: He
noted that his reception at the 1997 Legislature has
beenwarm and that his sexual orientation hasn’t been
an issue: Born in Boston and raised in New Hampshire,
Parks, D-Las Vegas, came to Nevada via the
U.S. Air-Force.
Parks spent his entiretour of duty in Nevada,
intending to leave the state when his time was up.
Like many, he said, he wound up staying. ~’I like the
desert and I don’t mind the summer heat," he said.
"And I always remember,the last night I spent inNew
Hampshire, when it was minus 17 degrees."
Parks also made his mark as an AIDS .activist. For
eight years, he recommendedpolicies as a memberof
the Governor’s Task Force on AIDS and has also
served as a trustee for Aid for AIDS of Nevada Inc.
His long record of experience gave Parks an edge
when former Assemblyman.Larry Spitler asked ~m
to run for office, o=
"At the time, I-said, ’Larry, that’s just not onmy
radar screen~’ "Parks said:’~Becanse I was openlygay
and very up front aboutmy personal life, I-just didn~’t
see myself running for office." Parks expected and
encountered some ~negative campaign tactics. His
opponent, Republican Tony Dane, admitted partial
responsibility for a mailer that included a.newspaper
reprint about a 10-year-old boy who rapedtwo other
boys. The article was wrapped around an .endorsement
of Parks by The-Bugle, l_as Vegas’ gay
newsmagazine.. -
At the time, Gov, Bob Miller blasted Dane, saying
it was some of the worst,nagativecampaigning he’d
ever seen. "(Dane) did it because he ,didn’t have a
strong r~¢ord ofhisownaccomplishments to run on,"
Parks sai& ’l’m sure there are many better placesto
be gay than. Newd~, but as diverse as Las Vegas is;
being gay isn’t that mtmh ofa problem:,~
Anmt -Gay LawChalien- . - .g.ed
ATLANTA (AP) - A-federal appeals cour~ will
consider an Alabama law Imnnlngh0mo~xual-student
groups from receiving statemoney in a dispute
being billed asan important free-speech case by civil
A three-judge panel of the 1 lth U.S~ Circuit Court
of Appeals hears arguments today on a decision that
threw out the 1992 law as~being unconstitutional and
discriminatory. Conservative critics say homosexuals
should not receive any public supportsince.Alabama
still has laws against sodomy. The state is
appealing the 1996 ruling.
"It’s important that we not use state funds to allow
the promotion of homosexuality,’" .state Sen..Bill
Armistead, R-Columhiana, said Monday.
But civil libertarians call the law an infringement
on the free-speech.rights of homosexuals: .No other
state has such alaw, said theAmericanCivil Liberties
: Union attorney who-will.argue on behalfof a gay
: .sm~dent group. ’q’here’s been aresurgence ininterest
¯ m, gay and lesbian groups on campus,es~ both in
.* colleges and high schools..We think it’s critical to
¯ hold the line .for these groups,".~sm’d Matt Coles,
: dir~ector .of the ACLU’s Lesbian, and Gay Rights
: Project....
: The st,qte ischall~nginga year-old deqi_" sio!~by U,S.
] Distxict Judge Myron.Thompson, who cal!ed-the, law
¯ unconstitutional anda,"n,3k,ed" form of discri_mina-
~ tion. The statute prohibits groups.f~om using public
: facilities or receiving..public money ,if they ’Toster"
~ and "promote" acdyities: prohibited by the state’s
¯ sodomy and sexual.misconduct laws.
¯ TheGay, Lesbian, Bisexual Alliance at the Univer-
: sity of South.Alabama, !bcated in M~)bile, sued over
¯ the law after it was denied student.activity money
: became of the statute.~ . ¯
: ~ Thompsonrul~iastyea~as then-Attorney General
: Jeff Sessions and conservative activists considered
¯ ways to block a regional conference for homosexuals
: at-the University. of Alabama. The decisioneffec-
¯ tively Mocked Sessions from citingthe state law to
i challenge the meeting,.whieh was held at the student
¯ center in Tuscaloosa.
: Armistead said abill will likely beintrodueed in the
¯ Upcoming legislative session to ban the use of public
funds byhomosexual groups."’We are sort of waiting
: on-the outcome of this (case) before we proceed," he
: said...
Mixed Review For Super
BowlAd with Transexual
NEW, YORK (AP) -.Holiday Inn Worldwide got
gripes as well ascheers Monda~ for its.Super Bowl
¯ commercial that tried to dramatize the chain’s reno-
.’- vafion program by showing a ~mssexual at a Class
: reunion.
¯ About two dozen people called corporate head-
: quarters about the commercial, said Craig Smith, a
: spokesman for theAtlanta-based hotel chain. Half of
: the callers likedit and the Other half didn’t. About 30
calls also came in. ftqm_fr.anchi~s.e¢.‘~,. ,.and-were., 5:to.- 1
!o in supportbf the ad, ~icxiording to Gm~ Sch~ihet; h_~d
: of the.hotel’s franchise.ownergroup.
: The commercial showed a woman .striding into,a
: hall, for a class reunion~ drawing a.dmi_ring glances, as
¯ anarrator notes what,i~ cost_,forher new nose, lips and
¯ cbest. Sbe,even.tually runs into an,old ~lassmate who
: insists on guessing hername.The,manshudders as he
¯ reeogm’z.es her as--Bob Johnso~ ~from the old days..
¯
"It’s amazing the. changes -you ,can make for a-few
¯ thousand dollars," the naff_at_or, says. The hotel chain
_. is promoting its own $,1 billion renovation program.
¯ ’q’bere have been people who felt it was :a v.eTy
i
creative approach and funny~ andthere were thos,e,
who did h~t .like-the .creative ~treatment we took,
: Smith said: "If we offend~xl..anyone with the treat-
" m_ent_ we took,we apologize.’; But Smith also said he
i was speaking for himself, .and not necessarily the
¯ company, when.offering apologies.
i
-Hesaidcompanyexe,enfivesplantomeeXthi~w~k
: .NJ. Episcopal iDi cese
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BacksGaYMarriage ::
NEWARK, NJ.’ (AP)=-.600 delegate~ _t6::th6 123rd
aimua~ ~n~ntion~f the~is.c0p.al.Di~"o~c~4.e ofNewa~
kepproveda standard li.turgy forblessing same:sex
marr‘iages. ~e deiegat~:ap-_~V~ t~ ~e~olution in
minutes, wi~~ii-tmlly no ~bate. It asks the national
governing body of the denotnination to develop’rites
- for blessing unions between, people of the Same
~nd lesbian couples. :’We ~:e discussed same-sex
: dnions sine~ 1987 in this diocese; it’s not exactly a
¯ n~w subject," said Newark Bishop John S. Spong.
It s not a big issue. It s Just one more lllustratmn of
¯ " ar~u,~bly one of the mo~stlibePal’in~ the naticm; ~ell
¯ ahead of the national church organization.
~ :~Tre~tmen~s
HONOLULU(A’P) -~Alocal:researcheris
smd~whe~eracupmc~e~relieve
AIDS¯ pa~ems’ ~plaints 6f ~nsmt
pMn-~d, nmbness. Since Sept~r,
phy~ ~y ~n~ck~~l~king
fog32 volutes ttrest out,~eMter--
native~ent;Sof~,.SheOdy hmme
patients2 She is conducting ~e t~t by
~mp~ng hMf ,of h~ pafi~ who get
acup~c~e, ~d ~e:-o~ .h~f who ge
f~e~ent~i~aw~kfor~ow~B.
~tors’have"~t~g for.~~"
five waystO,~tHIV patients.who oft~
~mplMn of~nmb~e~s,:b~ng ~d pM~
in ~eir f~L t~ga ~d ~:-:Anm~r:6f"
: Danvers, Mass:i,~ company that runs
: Fu~dkers hamburger restaurants, has
¯ re~iairM its 23~000 &mployees. tO learn:
: ab~,u~tMDS sinCe 1988 after an employee
¯ marridl a m’ah with HIV.’Co-work~ffs
¯ shunned her and customers boycotted the
: deli where she worked. The company
: sticks p~_a~a_,phlets on AIDS-and HIV in
employ~s, orientation packets ~and dis--
tributes:: them at training workshops¯
DAKA :also h~s set up an anonymous
AIDS hofline, mannedby people outside
the coml~any, that direct* callers to testing
¯ lalJ~sanffcounselors. "The more frank you
: are a~_t the disease, the less’of a~sligma
it ig, ~aid WiHimn ,H, ". Baumhauer,
DAK~’s :chairman, an&’ chief executive;
padenta4nHawaii and’ii~themainland sa]i~ : "If tl~.. C~EO says.it’s OKto talk. abo~t it,- -
theYP~efer reli.ef.fr.om.~.acu-o.unemre be-’ .~"" t"t se~n’ds"a’poweff.ul’m.essa.g ..¯ " readycause
.the- usual patn medicataons act as- : - But some busmesses~ Just aren t~
sedatives. They s~y sedatiwes make it dif-. ;- to.ta!k~aboutit. "Companies h,,ave so many
ficult tO funetion~auring’theday. ~/oth~’~things on-their :table," said Barry
AIthough °mainlar~d ~ patients :are alsb~ ’ IAWt~i~’~ spokeaman for-the :Alexan-.
trying-o~at this:’e~tem styleof’healing,, :. dria,..Va,-based Society for ~Human Re-
Kindrick saidHawaif is an ideal place to .’. ~ource" l~lanagement, a,,nafional group of
study: it .becaus~ .people .here are m~r~e : ~e~s6nnel managers.. They -haw ~rofit "
tolerant ofAsian healing practices. -,. - 1~ margins t0.wbrryabout, theyhavesexual
¯ harassment, diversity concerns., ~l~here’s AiDS~l=.clueation .n.. so muehvymg for the,rattention:. M
¯ ¯~’....’. : Barnes,. ,a New York ,~ity lawyer and
rh,= ~t/~r-knli~o.~ :- r~nner.alDS lo~b~st; saiasome compa.....
=,’ ¯ ~.~.~ ...= = ~°",~i~:’,.~, ---: ’ ~ ni~s ~imoly don twant to mention asexu-,
ATLANTA~(AP) ~ l~!.ar~King, an A,.I~ : :~ally t~an~n~itted diseaseat the conference
educator, makes llis li’¢i~g ~b~ ,valldng ~ tat;ie. ~There sill}canbe~Mot of,moral,and
into corpprate bo~09.ms~~f~l of hostile ,. ’~: :~eligi0usiybased res!~,tance4n?the work-’¯
exec~fivrs-.,with, ~eii~!.~ ::~0ssea: .~,:~a~.,,~, said Bame*~ ’ I- would not under~
’q’hey’rg-a~raid:-~O~y-:~q; " to see" ~-~standwhvvouw,otdd nee21,~o show in the
condo~. ~ey’~~~Z:~e ~o~_ng ." worl~lacetheuseofacondom,butthere ¯
to se~ ~x~p~.licit~t~ality.,,~d~g, who . noreasonthatanyoneshouldhaveamoral~
has the-y~s ~Lh~50~_.s~s~ i~~_~.~, ,~e0p ..;o-~objecfion to,simply knowinglthefacts. ~
have.~a~isi~.0.~a~9B~iBy:otv.ed..~!DS:~:~:,~ The promise, of poweffu~ .:neW" dmgs: "
as being: fil.t~iib~r"".~..anal~l~ed.~.al~:. :7 " that hal* th6 ¯pro~resg ~of the :AIDS’: virussorts~
a~g~h~:~the~.it;s~.be~.~eoL:,. ~and make .patieats -10ok: and.f~el better.
fear.qgn~k!.0.r.~..n.-ce..0., rjq: .s.t.a.l.a..c.k..o~.=i=..n....tc. .re..s.t.,,...:. nmy~"vemanagers~th~ideait~snolong,,er
AIDS educaUonts still strugghng to get a i ira issue’they should worryabout. In
foot !n. ~efl.~oo,rj0~.~~CQ..r~of~t.e..._ ;J~f~,e~,~’,c~.-[-,1997;it-doesn’t appear.to..be’asLbig’of~,a,
even though the.dis.ea~,e is ~,e ~,o: ,~ ~!ier~. ¯ problem,:’. King-said. "Compames
ofm0rethanhalfofthgnation-s WorKIorce.. ,: say, "Oh yeah, isn,t there a.eure for mat
Four years a~d, theC,dnt~s for ~sease .- now or something. Don’ttheyhave drugs
Control and Prevention’Jauncbed Busi- i -
¯ ¯ w~"’ ’ to treat ~t no ..
ness Responds.. t9 AIDS,’~ a progr.am to ¯ BellSouth Colp.4n Atlanta adopted an
make it easy for eompanies to teach their ¯ . AIDS policy in -.1989 .and has had no
employees theba~ics~fAiDSandhow to reason to go beyond that, said spokeslive
with it on the" jdb: The CDC says ;. woman Gaye Clark. The policy defines
about one in six businesses across the ¯ .AIDS, explains.how it is spread, and outcountry
have actuallystarted a pro.gram. ,: lines employeesr right to privacy. "We
didn tseetheneedformandatoryclasses,
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By Dr. Mtchael D. Gorman - . . :.- .- enoughmedicme yet.. Yes,Folks,.health
Dorland’s Medical Dictionary def’mes will never come in a, pill-form (no satip
health as, "’the absence of disease~an~l a ~. faction) but in the form of good, wholefeeling
of well-being." How many.o~us some foods~ vitamins~ minerals, proper
Tulsans can place ourselves on a.. con- exercise, and a goo~night’s sleep.
tinuum withkthis def’mition? Whose fault I know what you’re thinking..2"I.don’.t
is it, anyway, when we fail. to
meet the defined criteria.for
health?Is itourdoctors’ faults,.
for is itthe fault of ourmedications,
i.e., prescriptions?Or is
modem medical technology.
at fault? Or is it simply our
faults? Teclmological advances
keep us alive- satisfying
quanity of life, but sometimes
fall short of what we
needthemost.., quality oflif!!
Where did the quality of
our lives go? Remember the
old adages that Grandmaused
to tell us, "anounceofprevention
is worth apound ofcure,"
or, "an apple a day keeps the
doctoraway7’Manytimes the
most simple of solutions, is
whatwetend to overlookmost
often. Perhaps .we have become
so advanced that we are
bypassing our basic iustincts~
’Tou are (or arch’0 what y~u
eat,’: as the.old .saying
goes..:so, Tulsa, what are you
have the time and money to
devote :,tO al! of.this!" But;
hey, thisis alifelong contract,
this optimumhealth stuff, and
it .can get~expeusive. Gym
memberships,healthy choices
at the grocery s~tore, vitamin
and. mineral supplements,
eight hours of sleep every
night, etc.
Well, by golly, aren’t you
and those you love worth it?
Because, ifyou don’t take the
time and money to.stay at an
optimum health level, all-the
things you have worked for
and continue to workfor (like
retirement funds) are going to
be uSedtomakeyour doctor’s
house-payment and your
pharmaei~t’.s car payment.
Have I~jarred~ you. from your
cou~ch yet?!
Nutrition,
physicial
exercise, and
sleep ... add
up to 100~
oPtimum
]~e~lth. Are
you. partieipatingln
aft tl;ree
fro~its ;n order
tod0 your fair
sl,a, e aga;nst
&sease?!
Okay well, .
how ....about.: These programs outlined
tWO~ ,One.~ abov~ obvitusly require a
lifestyle ofco~~hange.
Zero~ -TherehreMotof newthinkeating?~
.. - .... " ~’hng’".l~ealth;professionals
Nutrition is said toplaythegreatestrole ~’~ available :f& ~0molfatious 6nLnua’ition;
in our overall.health. Optimum-health is : fitnesS, ~idrest~ D~d’t ~inkthat yoUare
maintainedby proper nutrition (50-60%), .: going to have to hirea .Chef, :a physical
physical exercise(30-40%), and from_an .~ trainer, ora nulsseuse in0rder to ac~om
adequateamountofrest (RapidEye,~ove~ : :plish your~goa! of~beconiing "I-!ealthids.t~.
meritsleepopatterns ~ -’,Mremnsleep,,, :10~%).~ , :~-~ulsah ~f-~ili~~~-"~ ~ezabo~:&~lei~
Nutrition, physicial exercise, andsleep, i’ ti0ne21hehlthpr.tfe’ssi0nals;hbv~evei,lean
therefore,addupto 100%optmumhealth.." .be utilized in 0rd~r,to gei siai’t.~.~a~.d ~tay
Areyou participating in all threefroms :. on target! St...here s toa pgsitlvefy flew
in order to do .your fair share against .. you! Andrera~mb~t~,~quaIii~w’ill’i~rb,a~e
disease?! Okay, well, how about two? ; .the quanlty 0f y0tir’lffd.~ ’:f i(..
One? Zero? Uh-oh, so maybe we should : Dr. MichaelGo~’rnaapracticks ~n T.ulsa
shift the burden of healthcare’ s respousi- ¯ at 4775 S. "Harvard;-~itk: C, 712~5514)
bilities off of our doct0rgcsurgeons, tec~,h- ;. Heis a Board Certified Chiropractor and
nology, and medicine to ourselves, Let s-: ~Accupuncturist, hglds dB.S~ ~n Nutrition.
takeourfairshareofresponsibilityforour :. and is an active b~dybhilder. ~ "
own health care..After all, do you think .- Dr. Gormanals6 do~s fitness, nutriyou
are sick because-you haven’t taken : :tion, and supplement counseling.
Without treatment, an IHV-infected
mother in the United States faces about a
25 percent risk of passing the virus to her
child before or during birth. In poor countries,
the risk is significantly higher, perhaps
around 40 percent. Giving pregnant
womenthe drugAZTcuts this risk inhaiti
but the treatment is too expensive to be
widely used in poor countries. So doctors
are looking for ways that will be cheaper
and better than AZT. Most of the studies
now starting involve various combinations
ofdrugs thatincludeproteaseinhibitors,
the HIV-blockingmedicines thathave
revolutionized AIDS care over the past
year. One of the simplest regimens, however,
uses just two doses of a single drug,
nevirapine. The idea is to give apill to the
mother when she comes to the hospital in
labor, the other to the baby soon after
birth.-
Dr. John Sullivan of the University of
Massachusetts Medical School said this
treatment would cost about $2 - Cheap
enough that ifitemational health orgamzations
could offer it eTcerywhere. "If this
is a success,.-it is ~definitely translatable
into the developing world. We are very
¯ excited aboutthis," Sullivan said. Sullivan
outlined his plans for the study Sunday at
the fourth annual Conference on
Retroviruses andOpportunisticInfections.
Thegoal is toreducemother-to-childtrammission
of the virus down to 5 percent or
6percent- abouthalf the ratenow achievable
with AZT alone.
Doctors hope to enroll 800 pregnant
women in the United States andEurope
and have resultswlthin a year."’The goal
is to do this study as ,fast as possible so we
can get an answer,’ said Sullivan. The
treatment is unlikely io do any good if the
baby catches the virus ’from the mother
while still in the womb~ However, doctors
believe about two-thirds of these infections
occur duringdelivery,when the treatment
may be able to st~p the virus from
becoming established. "What we don’t
know is whether by increasing the intern
sity of the treatment, we increase the rate
of success" over AZT alone, said Dr.
Robert T. Schooley of the University of
Colorado. "My gut feeling is this will
~ have,an effect."
by James Christjohn - i ". At Philgrook, ’q~ne Oklahoma Scene:-
ffyouneedalaugh, ThdTulsaComedy ." Printmakers of the 30~s and4Or-~’ iS’On
Club is ~eplace to go! Tim
Jones, from "Dear John", "Am¯flea Unseen:
"Evening at the Imprdv",
"Comic S~ip Live’:,a~t People & Phee",,
Showtime, appears 2/26-3/ . - - r. -
2; Basile, "a teddy-bear. . continues_~,Pn:
stuffed with high ~plo- exltlblt ..4 0.
styes" (Should I s~iy~ it?
Naw, too easy.), Wilose In partleulai’; the
credits include HBO and
Showtime, appears 3/5-9, exhlbit-ineludes
Mark Pitta, a regular on the some women ’q’onight Show", and ,Totally
Hidden’Videos’:’ is at artlsts and
the club 3/12=16.
Formusic ofaCeldcbent, artists ofcolor -
Reeltime plays the PAC 2/
28 (596-7111);andifyou’re .W]~o once were
in an operatic draaaama- almost entirely
queeny mood, Tulsa
Opera’s Vrhe rearl Fish- .~ excluded :from
exhibit through .May 11,
and it features some inter-.
esting imagery. The artists
in this exhibition are
from the northeastern part
_of Oklahoma. Through.
June 29, Philbrook celebrates
100 years of.the
visual arts in Tulsa, a historical
overview of the organizations~
that have
played important roles in
the growth of the arts in
Tulsa. And "Oklahoma
Portrait: Photographs by
Russell Lee" is also running
through.May 11.
"America Unseen:
People & Place", continues
on exhibit through
March 9. The exhibit exers"
take a dive 3] 1, 6; & 8 .......1 plores aspects of Ameri-
(596-7111)i B6th are at the" ¯ ~"the Amerlean " ’ ban pictdrial art from the
Performing Arts Centef art scene.
’20’s- ’50’s, and includes
(PAC)r 3rd & Cincinnati,
downtown¯ , -, Also, iwoula:
If you’ve spen~ "time at " - ’ ~-
local diners, and can’t get call your
e¯ nough of it there, .1..o~al
~mpresan" os, C,eI,eblityA,: ~t-’" , . .._.- ..~ .:, ,_ ,,.~.
tra’ctions, ar~bringing ’ to aicbUD|e 0t
Greaseto thePAC;3/tT-22 " - " *- ....
(596-7111). Elsewller~-m: ’~ ima~es.wlth
¯ ’ 5his cguntry"~am’ organiza7 hom0-sensual /ions ar~ waking up’to the
~ fact that.Ghys &-lLesbiims ...’. "inter~"pr’ e"ta’t"ions:"
are a prime entertainment : ~
.works by Norman Rock,
.well,~John Steuart C_ufi,y,
.Th0mas.Hart Benton~-Fxlr
ward Hopper, Walker-
.Evans, Dorothea Lang’,
Isabel Bishop, &
?Thi~ exhibivreally merits-
several viewings. Not
-:only .are there interesting
. works .by more famous
artists, there are equally
interesting works by artistswhoaremuchles~
web
Eilis Egan,
ChrisKe~:~nny H~yes,
8 p.m. John H.~. Williams Theatre
Tulsa Performing Arts Center
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7
READ ALL ABOUTIT :
Reviewed by Barry Hensley
Tulsa City-County Library
One area often overlooked in the gay
commlmity is the specialsituation
of gay and lesbian African-
Americans. There is finally
l~ginning to be some
recognition of this ignored
group, and Keith Boyldn’s
new book fills an important
need.
’One More River to Cross"
is divided into chapters on
various topics, including
"Black Homophobia," "Gay
.....R~cism," "Faith in the Lives
of Black Americans," and
"Are Blacks and Gays the
Same.9"
In discussing black
homophobia, Boykin reviews
how some black leaders, including
Eldridge Cleaver,
Frances Wesling and Minister
Louis Farrakhati,have associ-
In 19zt8, "The
in the Army
wouk[ create
disltarmony
and drive
away whites."
In fhe 1990’s
"hiding behind
the amorphous,
eatehSall
.pln-a.se of
ated homosexuality With the unit co~tes~on,
decline ofthe black commu- .supporters
nity. In one of the more improbable
examples~ Boyldn.1~~ne~ay ban
qsu~oAteslic+on(tarouvtehrsoiarlOWf’qr+itheer ++ +.i.+ila+,_sxl~~x.uaenSdtat....
Blackw~man:s Guide to Understandingth~
Blacknm")i "Gavs,servln~
as she claims that ~ black,
male homosexuals .~i¢o0k; openly~ woum
sew andbake andare-deter- make Otlter
mined :td be+~ betterwom~m ’ thn..an the w+m+h’ t~iey + s01dier" feel
~o+~." Many inuring top+
its are cited here, including -
homophobiain rap music mid . ,able.
instances+of black magazines~
and parade organi~r~:reject~ .... "--
ingparticipationbyblack, gay ¯ several otlter
groups; ,, In the chapter on Gay’Rat- "
ism:’ Boykinpoints to several
-----~Uonat gay terms
such as the Human Rights
Campaign and National Gay -a.na ~ay are
and LesbianT~ Force, and intere]~an~eis
astounded that, although
they claim to stand for equal- able.
ity for all, they have Very few
black employees, The media, also, is a
target: "Likeits heterosexual counterpart, .
long before other groups ,got state grants
to do the same thing.
A~A on March 6, 7, & 8, Trespasses, a
playbylocal Pro-Choice activistandcommtmity
friend, Barbara Santee is being
performed at Heller Theatre, 53288.
Wheeling at 8pm. Admission is $6, $57for
students and seniors. Trespasses is .billed
as "a deeply disturbing protrait of family
betrayal and incest" with mature themes
and language. It has been chosen to representHellerTheatre
attheOldahomaCommunity
Theatre Festival in Stillwater on
Marc~ 15. Info: 746-5065.
Lastbuthardlyleast,don’tmissPFLAG
Tulsa’s 1st annual Spaghetti Dinner featuring
OklahomaCity’s MetroMeus Chorum
The Chorus has performed several
times to benefit PFLAG and gets rove
the white gay med~,’~ usually projects
Eurocentric images ~ beauty that transmit
messages of inferiority to blacks and
others who do not fii the white stereotype."
"Are Bliicks and Gays the
Same?" includes an interesting
quote fromTexas Senator
John Tower, commenting on
the 1964 Civil Rights Act: "(It
would...) deny to millions of
employers andemployees any
freedom to speak or to act on
thebasis oftheirreligious convictions
or their deep-rooted
preferences for associating or
not associating with certain
classifications of people."
Boykin’s comment: "rhe
complaints ring as loudly today
against homosexuals as
they did yesterday against Afriean
Americans."
The same argument occurs
with the recent gays in the
military controversy, as integration
of the US Armed
Forces in the 1940’s is disenssed.
In 1948~ "1the presence~
of black soldiers in the
Army would create disharT,
mo~and driveaway wtiites.’
In the 1990 s vermon, ~iiding
-behind the amorphous, catchall
phrase of ’unit cohesion,’
supporters of the gay ban arguethatlesbians
andgays serving
OL~mly Would make other
soldiers feel uncomfortable."
Boykin cites several other instances
where the terms
"black" and "gay" are interchangeable.
The eorrelationbetween the
civil rights movement and the
" ixtstallees gay fights movemememerges
as the most intri "
where the the
chapters peak the
reader’s curiosity and interest,
they pale in comparison to
the sections on these similar
movements for equality..
Checkfor "One More River
to Cross" atyour localbranch
library or at the Readers Services depart:
ment (596-7966) at the Central Library.
: reviews. This will be at All Souls Unitar-
¯ ian Church on Sat. March 22 at 6:30 and
: reservations are mandatory! Call 749-
: 4901.
¯ Other upcoming programs of interest
~ include a conference, "Facing the HIV/
_" AIDS Crisis" seheduledforApril 18atthe
Rogers University (UCT) Conference
i Center from 8:30 - 4:30. This event is
; being organized for and by the African-
, American community to address HIV/
: AIDS within that’ community. For more
¯" informationortohelporganizeorsponsor
: the conference, call Beverly Benton at
¯ 622-6059.
¯ Also, Project Get Together (PGT) has
: an insurance continuation assistance pro-
", gramfor qualifiedindividuals riving with
¯ HIV/AIDS.TdsaCommunityAIDS Part-
¯" nership is the sponsor. Call I~T at 835-
: 2910 to see if you qualify for help with
: your insuran~ premaums.
Kelly Kirby CPA, PC
Certified Public Accountant
a professional corporation
¯ Lesbians and Gay menface many special
tax situations whether single or as couples.
¯ Call us soonfor sensitive & timely assistance.
¯ Electronic filing is available forfaster refunds.
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sexual pastor, heacknowledged that there
had ,been Some controversy in the congregation
about offering him the interim position.
In fact, the issue became public
when one member wrote to The Oklahoma
Eagle, Tnlsa’s African-American
owned weekly newspaper, suggesting in
only semi-veiled terms that a only heterosexual
pastor would exert a "positive,
wholesome and.., healthy" influence on
her,grandson, and that itmight be better to
leave, the position open than to chose
McCall. McCall notes that he and Darryl
have never even seen the letter .to the
editor and that the congregation seems to
haveresolved thoseissues - at least fc
interim
gregation might not have made an offer to
him if it were for-a longterm position,
rather than an interim one.
In addition ~to the challenges of the
congregation, there is the impact of the
racism of Tulsa. McCall grew up in the
Bay Area in East Palo Alto where there
was physical :segregation; but was surprised
inTulsa that segregation is notjust
aphysical issue, but:one deeply partofthe
cfilture. He sees~racism manifest itsdfin
the emotional and spiritual life, as.well-as
fp~isnicgallikliefethoefreth-aerceiatyt l-eatsot ttwheopTouinlstao’sf
~-. - one Black and one White,Matkius says
he wasn’t quiteso suqnised, .siace he’d
spent time in theCarolinasandhad seen a
similar culture.’Still’, they sver¢.,surprised
by some of the racist assumptions that
were made when they leased their house.
Both say that it’s difficult t3 deal witha
place that refuses even to acknowledge
that these issues exist, let a!one talk con,
struefively about them., And the~oppressiveness
oftheculture, aloag with thelack
...... of’genuine equality, explains muchof the
anger and~ hostility .of-Tulsa’s minority
Howcver~ both, Magus. and,McCall
wel.come~opportunity to live openly as
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¯ nity fife. McCall came out~ acknowledg-
¯ ing his bisexuality almost 5 years ago and
¯ dealing with the experience of
[ homophobia is somewhat new. He says
¯ that when he was growing up, sexual
: orientationjust didn’tseem to be anissue.
~ You were "in the life" but that was not a
¯ derogatory term but that as more Black
¯ Americans have become middle class,
~ homophobiaseems tobemore ofanissue.
: He has experienced oppression more in
¯ terms ofrace untilheandMatkins came to
¯ Tulsa.
: Both Matkius and McCall are commit-
~ ted to being in Tulsa 100%, hoping to
¯ provide healing and hope for the commu-
: nity to get beyond segregation and
¯ homophobia. McCall
makes it
possible for McCall to pastor to The
Church of the Restoration. In addition,
Matkins. has volunteered to head the
church’s jail ministry. McCall recalls the
image of the pastor’s spouse whois much
putupon and little appreciated buthe says
Darryl gave up "everything" in the Bay
Areato supporthim~andasks,really what
difference is. there between them and a
heterosexual couple in terms of love and
devotion? . ¯
~TheRev, Cheste~,M~.?allhasdonework
around the issues ofgriefand death and
disYisunegs.aAswnyeollnaes iwnoterrkesshtoepdsionntaolpkpinregswsiiotnh
himaboutthese issues maycallhimat The
Church ofthe Restorationat 587-1314.
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Kathy Bit&with RA.!N, told her story of
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~by Jean-Pierre Legrandbouche
TFN Food Critic
One of our good ~friends of the
lesbyterian persuasion grew up in Rogers
County,justnortheast ofthe Tulsa metropolitan
area. Consequently, she has introduced
us to several surprising
restaurants in Claremore that
are actually worth the SlS~cial
drive over from Tulsa jttst to
eat Main StreetAmerica food.
For the last ten years, shdhas
raved about anothernight~pot
on the banks of the Verdigi’j’s
River in Catoosa, but for vail:
ous reasons over the last de:
cade, we were never able to
: menus and saw the prices being asked.
¯ This has to be one of the most expensive
: restaurants we’ve ever seen in the Tulsa
: area. Bdt, our Lesbian hOstess and tour
¯¯ guide assured us that it .wasn’t a joke -
"Molly:s has always been expensive."
She said. ’q’hat~s how they
keep out ~the riff-raff." We
weren’t aware that Catoosa
had a riff:raff problem.
Which started a long con-
.versation as we Were regaled
’ ~vith the Story ofour hostess’
previous ill:fated marriage~to
.a gentleman high schooolfootball
star:. (isnrt it terrible hfw
so.many ,straight men’s lives
Molly’
Landln¢ _+
3700 Highway
66, Catoosa
Hour:
11 am - Mon._
coordinate our. Schedules to Saturdays +-+
allow a’visit. WeU, finally, in- +: +~.r + :+’
0ur state of mourning forthe ~oOn -~10=pm
now-closed and lost - .Cuisine:
Montrachet, and in.our quest
fop anew romanticplace for StealS,ousi~
those Very Speciat Dates, we w~id~ chicken,
reached theirzenithonthehigh
school athletic field?):-We
th0nghrthat Was why.we were
beginning to feel. nauseated
and light:headedebufitmmed
out merely to be amomentary
case.6fcarbon imonoxide poi=
joined her at Molly’s:Land=. quail"& shrimp, soning and oxygen depfivaing.
" - " - " + : + - ’ tion-theldtctlengrill.v-entila-
Molly’sLandingislocated .~ Dress: Cas~a|, ! tion+system whs havingsome
on the nortkside of Route 66, Payment: i- +~ Soi’tofmalfuncfiOnthateaused
right on the west bank of the- r’,. ~ n ~ .. not onIy thefoods to be mes
" ~,..,a~n~ all major . ; ’ . . Verdigris River. Fortunately; " i+ "* + + r’qmte~smoked,~bu,t th+ diners
if one is looking; there a~e ,--+ credit cards+ ..... as well. The staff s initial resigns
marking thetumoffinto ° no eh~hs..:.J :,, +sponset,o that p~ob!em (+tumthelargeparkinglot:
Fromthe -. ~ ~! ~, ¯ i + ’Jng the heaters oil ~high)
exterior, Uo.lly~s ,looks like + + .ru~ +~.._r~ .+ ? )r~ (!:pr~+ed fruifless~o ~md~
great big, old log cabin-that Non-sm6ldng+"7+ :t~t~-h+"6~g
~:a3O~ were ~warted by,plastic+coyhas
had countless interesting,
random, and eclectic addi- ag ~ + e+n+"ngs~w~.n.ten.zm.g.the.0pentions.
And, that’s exactlywhat ¯ mine., rags, but t-mallyenoughextethe
building was and is. " -Co~t~:.... riot doors were opened to al,
Upon entering the facility, ’Very
" * " low,the air Ion.clear a~bit. -
one is struck by the over- expensive But;we.di-gress. All of the
whelming amount of "stuff" Rating:_ . .appetizers on the menu were
thatiseverywhere.Collectious
C llst $~.95. They included grilled
ofantiquearticles,junque~and-- ~ ~ .ehicken..strips,, ,smoked
posters havelongbeen a staple decorating salmoh~ baked, onion, and ~antced mushfixture
of local theme restaurants; but rooms~.but by.far the most popular~appe-
Molly’stakesthistoanextreme:Eventhe ~ tizer weaaw beingeaten was:the shrimp
ceilings are plastered with framed.post- ¯ cocktail., ~- ¯., .
ers, art reproductions, as well:.as- a few : -..All entrees came witka choiceof soup
sq.ua~re,.:~en.o~rwatt o~,+e~:.~~L~.g,~i.~o,~d., +st en+tr~,thegrilledchiekenbreast,listed
wmcnas not covereooy .s,ome ~-+’m~el +-~-:. at $16.95~ Rib,eye; filetg-mignon,+.. and t
neous and Sundry obje-~d art.: Dif++ferent ~--’mme~-~t~eaks:and the Cajun,style:m-ilie~i
styles of. cas~sO~.ngare fo.und,in V_mi2 : ronghy+w---e~.++~ced.fft $17.95. Fo~ran
ous seet~ous ofdae dining rooms; butthe ~ extra dollar,ajal~~offered.
southwest/Santa=Fe-theme,prevails:- We . l,n ,the hi,p.her;:orice ranges;. ther-~--were~
.e~.e seated at anck.etylogtable on drum , quail, aiid Shish~kebabs at,$22,95~.each,
ehatrs’made of rawhid~ anti e;edar strip~ ..+ crab:legs ,and~ the ~la~ger:.sized filet ;for
-The patrons:the, evening, :gfour visit : $24~95~:and.then.-~oOiniag~inat~$29,95 i W~re the’butterfl-y2pra.w0s¢and:the.~eombi,
nation plate~O£;eitherq~andiih-ey(.o~ ~ q~l- and. ’.p+rawnt0.h~,~of, ~the ~ meats ~are
-’ grill~Iover:mesqt~t~:nmltmtel~ea,,dly.:of
: ’,.~:,TI~+¢af0od sdeetioli du.~oi~mot~yJ~t
’." havi~’arrived~m..the+~L,,port~ our.,labl~
: cnded’.~po~m~ a11:~dif~rent: typ~s.:of
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¯ an-d"stea~y~-s.tra~gh1,:of£ ;the grill ~and
: Uniformly.und~cook~d~one notch-below
~ the~ way~,~’~as,,ordered.-....~ne taste was
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~ over~om|ng~ the feeling,that something
+: wasmi.msing~Atth_e~eprices, w.eexpected
: better:thad,jnst, good.........
; "..,Des~ert~seleetionsi.neluded a mrtlepie,
: amuddpie, expremo (sie)’ala.mode,,and
: anapple+rasp~Ifiealamode..We tried
: the fruit pie, and it arrived fr~h from the
¯ mierowave, with thepastry suffering the
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unfortun~iteWilt of thenuked. Whatcould
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Serving Tulsa’s Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual Communities Our Families of the Heart November 15-December 14, 1995, Volume 2, Issue 12
National News ¯ community center
¯ ~..S~’v,~,tL,-.~=_~-._,.,~~-,~~~_=.=.-,_=-_, ""ECmloesreg;eTnOcHyRMTeoeHtionldg
Clinton Backs Federal
Anti-Bias Measure
WASHINGTON ~- President Bill Clinton
has made history by becoming the first
U.S. chief executive to endorse federal
legislation that would bar. bias based on
sexual orientation, the Employment Non-
Discrimination Act. The act, sponsored
by Sens. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.),
James Jeffords (R-Vt.) and others,is aimed
at preventing employment bias against
lesbians, gay men and bisexuals.
see Clinton, page 10
Researcher Confirms
"Gay" Gene Study
NEW YORK - The scientist who made
headlines two years ago with research that
demonstrated a link between male homosexuality
and specific genetic markers
has now reported in new research that the
so-called"gay gene" influences the sexuality
of gay men, but not lesbians, confinning
the link that drew enormous national
interest when first reported in 1993.
see Genes, page 10
MAINE SAYS N,O!
Radical Right Groups Thwarted
Portland, .Maine - Voters in Maine rejected
a discrirmnatory ballol measure
that sought to forever deny basic fights to
gay and lesbian Mainers. Question 1, the
only anti-gay measure on a state ballot
tiffs year, was the ill?st such initiative to
appear on a state ballot east of the Rocky
Mountains. Last year, voters in Idaho and
Oregon rejected anti-gay measures. Earlier
exit polls predicted the victory.
"Commonsense and decency tritunphed
over extremism. Today’s vote here in
Maine is in keeping with the national
trend. Americans are rejecting extremism,".
said Elizabeth Birch, executive director
of the Human Rights Campaign,
the largest national lesbian and gay political
organization. "But we must put this
campaign~n perspective. While this was a
wonderful victory, gay and lesbian citizens
of Maine have not moved one step
closer to having b~sic equal fights Gay
and lesbian people can still be fired from
their jobs, even in Maine, merely for being
gay." Birch noted that Maine is one of
the 41 states that does not protect its
citizens from discrimination based on
sexu~fl orientalaon, and that federal law
see Maine. page 15
Colorado vs. Gays
Supreme Court Update
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme
Court heard oral arguments in what is
widdy considered themost important gay
fights case in more than a decade. The
outcome of that case could affect local
and state laws across the country. At issue
in th e case is the anti-gay Amendment 2
narrowly approved by Colorado voters in
a statewide referendum in 1992. The
amendment prohibits state agencies or
local govermnents from adopting la~vs or
regulations extending anti-discrimination
protections to cover sexual orientation.
see Colorado, page 10
¯ " Organizers of an effort by Tulsa Okla-
¯ Open Your Mind, ¯ humans for Human Rights (TOHR) to
¯ " establish a community center for Tulsa’s
. Open Your Heart! ¯ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, &Transgendered
¯ : communities have located a prormsing
¯ ¯ site with two buildings. Because the cur-
. PROJE~r 0Pl:H M|ND " rent building owner has expressed a de-
. " sire to movequickly, organizers are work-
.
¯ ing feverishly to do necessary structural
¯ A simulated Gay bashing is featured in this 30 sec. TV spot created for PFLAG. ¯ and mechanical, evaluations as well as :
" ’ " nti " paig "financialrequirements. PFLAG BeginsA -Hate Media Cam n " Because TOHR By-laws require any
¯ proposal of this sort authorization of the
¯ Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians and Gay (PFLAG) began a national media : general membership, several boardmem- campaign to combat anti-Gay ,dolence and attitudes. Tulsa, with Atlanta and Houston, . bets expect that an emergency member-
"¯ is one of the trial cities where the two 30 second commercials were to air. The .spots ¯ interweave tv clips of televangelists,like Pat Robertson, expressing very negative views ." isnhTiphmanekestginivgiwngillwbeeecka.llCede,rtpaoinsslyibltyheeasriltye ¯
about Lesbians, Gay men and homosexuality with images of a young woman contem- ¯
: plating suicide and a man being beaten in a Gay-bashing. will be discussed at the next TOHR board
National vice president Nancy MacDonald with Bill ~ Kathv Hinkle, Tulsa leaders, " meeting, scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 21
¯ were joined at the 11/8 press conference by representatives of local groups supporting ¯" at 7 pm.
¯ the campatgn. Mrs. MacDonald spoke eloquently of bet experience with anti-Gay ¯ Typically thesemeetings are held at the
¯ TOHR office at 40th & Harvard, 2nd
violence against herchildren. KTUL, Ch. 2 accepted one of the spots for broadcast. Other
stations declined to air them, citing fears that the spots might have the opposite effect as : floor. However, since these meetings are
¯ intended and might actually incite violence. Several expressed suppork for the proiect : by the bylaws, open to members and by
¯ goals but stated that they simply found them not appropriate to this market. They noted ¯ tradition, to the community, it’s anuci- ¯ - also that they had shared these concerns with PFLAG while the spots were still in the pated that a larger meeting place will be
¯ script stage. PFLAG hopes to take this program national. . required. Info: 743-GAYS, (4297).
Budget o.r Bias.? Larg.ent Co-sponsor.s" World AIOSOay, 12/1
Ultra Radical Right Anti-Gay Dornan Bill Theme: Shared Rights,
¯ Shared Responsibilities
In July, Steve I_argent, member of Congress forO-ldahOma’s 1st District (mostlvTulsa "
ounty) became a:eosp0nsof ofHR 862.This.bili ii~tr0dfiCed l~,Radi~Ri~,hi.,a~,.~l- n~ted ... ..... Tulsa organizations Will counnemorate
anti-Gay Rep. Bob Doman (R-So. California)forbidS theuse offederal funds to directly : \Vorld AIDS Day with events over a several
day p~riod. On Wednesday, Nov. 29,
o.r indirectly to promote, condone, accept, or celebrate homosexuality, lesbiamsm, or the Tulsa City-County Library System, bisexuality". The ~ ashington-based Human Rights Campaign, a national Lesbian: Gay
lobbying organization, selected I_argent for its Hall ofFame & Shame in the inaugural the HIV ResOurce Consortium, mad the
issu~ of their new quarterly magazine. Community Information Senice are spun-
" soring a panel discussion: WOrld AIDS
The impact of the legislation if it were to be passed is not clear because its language Day: A Tulsa Perspective at the Central ~s vague. However, since federal funds are widely distributed through even local and
state govennnent, the bill ~uight require public libraries, schools, and both public and Library, Aaronson Auditorinm from 7-
- private universities to remove any materials which could be seen as promoting or 8:45 pm. The panel of lo’cal experts will
accepting. The bill might also prevent even discnssion of civic i~sues in schools or be: Janice Nicklas, Sheryl Dagmig, Mary
universities; for example, the issue of Gays in the military nlight be untouchable. David Smith and TonmLv Chesbro, moderated by Claudette Peterson. The event is free
Buckel of Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund noted that such restrictions dearly
raise 1 st Amendment/free speech issuesand that ifpassed, they tend to have a "chilling" a~ad open to the public.
effect since adminstrators may over-react. " On Friday, December 1 st, Interfaith
Largent’s chief legislative d~rector, Marie \Vheat, suggested that Largent’s cosponsor- " .AIDS Ministries will sponsor a candleship
was not motivated by anti-Gay bias but rather by an concern to cut the federal budget : light .march and memorial service to be
as much as possible. Media spokesperson, Nick ThimmesCh, added that this cosponsor- " see World, page 10
ship may have been due more to the v~ews of Largent’s legislative assistant for civil " CommunityActivists rights, Paul Webster. Thimmesch expressed concern about the possible 1st Amendment
xssues and expressed a willingness of the office to reexamine the bill to Host Lesbian/Gay
MCC - Greater Tulsa " New Gay-Friendly ¯ Internet Program
Charter Pulled; Next: ¯ Church: St. Jerome’s ¯ Tim Gillean ~ ~elly mrby, commu-
District Investigation Ecumenical Cathofic: uityactivistsandretiring°ft~cers°fTulsa ~ o . . " Oklahomans for Human Rights (TOHR),
Tulsa’s oldest predominately Lesbian ¯ Saint Jerome Ecumenical Catholic : are moving on to talk radio - sort-of.
&Gay church, the Metropolitan Commu- " Church, will observe its inaugural Mass ¯ Taylor Subscription Talk fiST) is a new
nity Church of Greater Tulsa, has lost its ¯ on Saturday, December 2, 1995 at 6:00 see lnternet, page 3
charter amid-charges, of poor manage- ¯ p.m.. The Mass’will be celebrated at the "
: ment made by some members againstits Community of Hope, 1703 E. 2nd St."IN~IO
¯ formerpastor, AliceJones.Theannounce- " Tulsa Oklahoma.
ment of the decision of the denomination ¯ The Ecumenical Catholic Church is an ¯
: to downgrade the status ofMCC-Greater ¯ independent Christian denomination in EDITORIAt. " - ~~ " P. 2 ¯ Tulsa was made at the annual congrega- " the Catholic liturgical tradition. It is a
¯ tional meeting, Oct. 29th. Pastor Jones, ¯ denomination inclusive of all people, DIRECTORY P. 2
NEWS BRIEF.S P. 4 ¯
who resigned in August but who had .- where being Gay or Lesbian is accepted. ¯ continued as an interim pastor after her In this Church, ~od loves you uncondi- HEALTH BRIEFS ":~ P~’6
¯ remgnadon, commuting to Tulsa from " tionally as you were made and as .you ar~. CALENDAR
: Dallas, preached thatmorning but did not ¯ HOI~’0sCoPi= - .: The servicrs should appeal to Episcopa- ¯
: remain for the congregational meeting. ¯ lians, Lutherans and Roman Catholics as EUREKA PAGES " P. 16-17 ¯ see MCC, page 3 . see Saint, page 3 PERSONALS P. 19 .
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Korean War, $250 billion spent, 54,000 lives lost,
Vietnam War, $350 billion spent, 58,000 lives lost,
Gulf War, $28 billion spent, 213 lives lost and
AIDS research, $6 billion spent, 250,000 lives lost.
This information from a GLAAD newsletter originally came from an advertisement in The New York
Times placed by a AIDS awareness organization, Motturrs’ Voices.
Although I feel 1 shouldn’t be surprised by these figures, still I was stunned..To any one whose lived
through this horror now of ten years+ of the AIDS pandemic, it’s been dear that WE, as a society, as a
government, and many as individuals, as Oklahomans, have valued the destruction of war more than trying
to save the lives of our own countrymen and women, and others around the world.
That seems a safe conclusion if you assume that our actions, i.e. where we spend our dollars, speak to
our true values. Again to look at the figures, this means the cost of each life lost in those wars was:
Korean War, $4.6 million/one human life,
Vietnam War, $6.0 million/one human life,
Gulf War, $132.0 million/one human life, and
AIDS research, $24,000/one human life.
Now despite all the rhetoric about Judeo-Christian values we’ve heard from politicians from Reagan on,
these figures do not speak for those "traditional family values" of compassion, seeking justice and helping
those in need which are at the heart of traditional Jewish and Christian (and other religion’s) messages.
And our current Congress, in its alleged attempt to balance the budget and return our government to fiscal
responsibility (worthy goals), may cut Medicaid which provides a~x~ess to medical care for low-income
persons and persons with disabilities - for example, people living with AIDS.The Congress is also stalling
action on Rvan White CARE Act
So when v~’e participate in WorldAIDS Day, and whenwe help with theNAMES PROJECT Quilt, which
was’so powerfuily displayed last month, let us not forget that political action is AIDS work too. When we
sew a panel or when we ring our bells, as we grieve and remember, and as we help those suffering now,
let us also act on their behalf and in their memory. National politics has real life consequences here in
Oklahoma. Silence still equals death for ourselve~ and those whom we love.
Action equals lif~.
Do something°
- Tom Neal, publisher & editor
by Phil Bob.’r-Schmidt
Queer politics is a volatile game, a mix of inyour-
face direct action and behind-the-scenes maneuvering
for position. It is a game with which I am
familiar and a game I fondly hope we, one day, no
longer have to play.
Over the years, as my involvement in the queer
political scene has broadened, I’ve watched as we
make the same nustakes over and over again, and
only recently has this repetitive revelation dawned
on me. I believe there is a way to stop the pattern.
During my involvement in the anti-Amendment
Two campaign in Colorado in 1992, I watched my
friends and colleagues, and even me, become political
animals. We had to. There seemed no other
conceivable way to defeat our opposition, a formidable
opposition with too much support from national
organizations that was way ahead of us in
planning.
I watched as normally passive resistors became
rabid direct action experts. I watched, sometimes in
shock and horror, as my own way of dealing with
the world became a thing of the past, and I lived in
a constant state of political awareness, ready to
jump on any opportunity to garner even one more
vote for our side. I was out of.my dement.
My partner and I had adopted a philosophy years
before that had served us well. We consciously
chose to work on changing the world one person at
a time. The advent of Amendment Two took us out
of that philosophy and into the world of in-yourface
politics. Changing the world one person at a
rime became a luxury; it was no longer an option.
What I learned from that experience and my
continued involvement in the queer political scene
is that someone HAS to give if we are ever going to
get along in this.world and make it work. I am not
~uggestIng that we give up the fight for equality,
either in civil rights issues or the quest to lift the
gender restrictions on the several States’ marriage
laws. Quite the opposite is true.
I AM suggesting we back off a bit and allow
some breathing room. Someone has tO do it, and as
long as both sides of the debate are in rabid soapbox
mode, no one will ever win. All we will do is allow
ourselves to continue to be taken out of our own
element and into THEIR element. It is a position
from which we can never make any progress. We
need a breather. We need to take time to work out
a strategy, a p!an. We need to actually afford
ourselves the luxury of doing something pro-active.
As long as we continue to press the Radical
Right from our current vantage point, we will
continue to be on the defensive, and they will
continue to have the upper hand.
I believe in working from our strengths, not our
weaknesses. One of our strengths as a community
is that we have the advantage of allowing our
neighbors, our friends, our communities the pleasure
of getting to know us as people. It is my firmlyheldbelief
that it is-0nly when others see us as
people that we stand any chance of really changing
anything. We cannot accomplish this from our
current posiuon.
Let’s consider a truce, a period of time off for
good behavior, even if our opposition chooses not
to participate. In the long run, I believe we will be
able to accomplish our goals more effectively and
with a lot less toll on us as people, on our relationships,
and our lives.
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*TNT’s, 2114 S. Memorial
*Time’n’TimeAgain, 1515 S. Memorial
*Tool Box, 1338 E. 3rd
*Wild Nights, 2405 E. Adiniral
Wild Fork, Utica Square, 21st & Utica
*Interurban, 717 S. Houston
744-0896
585-5622
749-1563
834-4234
585-3405
660-0856
664-8299
584-1308
582-4340
742-0712
585-3134
Tulsa Businesses, Services, & Professionals
Dermis C.Amold, Realtor 746-4620
Associates in Medical & Mental Health, 1560 E. 21 743-1000
Kent Balch & Associates, Health & Life Insurance 747-9506
*Barnes & Noble BoOksellers, 8620 E. 71 250-5034
Brookside Jewelry, 4649 So. Peoria 743-5272
Budget Window Treatments, 7116 So. Mingo, Ste. 102 254-2100
Creative Collection, 1521 E. 15 592-1521
Cherry St. Psychotherapy Assoc. 1515 S. Lewis 581-0902, 743-4117
Tim Daniel, Attorney 352-9504, 800-742-9468
D’Antiques, 1508 E. 15th 592-5356
*Dusty Roads at the Silver Star, 1565 Sheridan 834-4234
*Elite Books & Videos, 821 S. Sheridan" 838-8503
Express Pools & Spas, 6310 S. Peoria 743-9994
Fidelity Home Health Care, Inc. Coweta 486-1174
Leanne M. Gross, Financial Harming 744-0102
*Sandra J. Hill, MS, Psychotherapy, 2865 E. Skelly 745-1111
*Imaginations, Lincoln Plaza, 15th & Peoria 584-4606
International Tours 341-6866
Ken’s Flowers, 1635 E. 15 599-8070
Kelly Kirby, CPA, POB 14011, 74159 747-5466
Loup-Garou, 2747 E. 15 742-1992
Lean Ann Macomber, Realtor Associate, 671-2010
Massoud’s Jewlery, The Farm, 51st & Sheridan 663-4884
*MediaPlay, 9121 E. 71st 250-5158
*Midtown Theater, 319 E. 3 584-3112
Mingo Valley Flowers, 9720c E. 31 st 663-5934
*-Mohawk Music, 6157 E 51 PI 664-2951
Puppy Pause II, llth & Mingo 838-7626
Royal Travel, 6927 S. Canton .496-2410
*Ross Edward Salon, 1438 S. Boston 584-0337
*Scribner’s Bookstore, 1942 Utica Square 749-6301
Southwest Viatical, 41’46 S. Harvard, Ste. F-5 747-3322
*Tomfoolery Gifts & Cards, at Family of Faith MCC 583-1248
Fred Welch, LCSW, Counseling 743-1733,
Tulsa Organizations, Churches, & Universities
*Bless The Lord At All Times Christian Ctr. 2627B E. 11 628-0594
B~L..G Alliance, University of Tulsa 583-9780
*Canterbury Ministry Center, University of Tulsa 583-9780
*Chapman S tudent Center, University of Tulsa
*Community of Hope (United.Methodist), 1703 E. 2nd 585-1800
Dignity/Integrity (Lesbian/Gay Catholics &Episcopalians) 298-4648
*Family of Faith MCC, 5451-E So. Mingo 622-1441
,Friend For A Friend, POB 52344, 74152 747-6827
Friends in Unity (African-Amer. men), POB 8542, 74101 425-4905
Indian Health Care, Save the Nation 584-4983
Interfaith AIDS Ministries 438-2437, 800-284-2437
*MCC of Greater Tulsa, 1623 N. Maplewood 838-1715
*HIV ResourceConsortium, 4154 S. Harvard, Ste. H- 1 749-4194
NAMES PROJECT, 4154 S. Harvard, Ste. H-1 748-3111
P-FLAG, POB 52800 74152 749-4901
Prime-Timers, P.O. Box 52118 74104
R.A.I.N., Regional AIDS Interfaith. Network 749-4195
-Rainbg~.B~iness Guild, POB 4106, 74159 665-5174
: " .R~i~W-~ii]age, POB 50403, 74150-0403 599-8423
¯ "~’*Shanii Hotfine 749-7898
Tulsa Oklahomans forHuman Rights, (TOHR) POB 52729 74152
TOHR Gay HelpLine (Info.) 743-4297
Tool Box Technicians, 1338 E. 3i’d 584-1308
T.U.L.S.A. Tulsa Uniform/Leather Seekers Assoc. 838-1222
*Tulsa City Hall, Cafeteria Vestibule, Ground Floor
*University Center at Tulsg
Beaver Dam Store, 1/2 mi. N. of Dam on Hwy. 187 501-253-6154
Jim & Brent’s Bistro, 173 S. Main 501-253-7457
DeVito’s Restaurant, 5 Center St. 501-253-6807
*Emerald Rainbow, 45&1/2 Spring St. 501-253-5445
King’s Hi-Way, 96 Kings Highway, Hwy. 62W 800-231-1442
*MCC of the Living Spring 501-253-9337
McClung Realtors 501-253-%82
Rock Cottage Gardens 501-253-8659 800-624-6646
Southern Rose Bed & Breakfast, 9 Benton 501-253-2204
Sparky’s, Hwy. 62 East 50L253-~6001
*The Woods, 50 Wall St. 501-253-8281
audio-on-demand subscription service via
the Internet.
TST company chairman, Edward L.
Taylor, states, "so often when it comes to
having a voice, the Gay and Lesbian community
gets left out. Commercial radio
stations seldom carry Gay shows....here
at TST, we hope to fill the gap..."
TST programming includes a weekly
radio show, The Gay 90’s by Buck Harris
that is produced out of state. On Dec. 1,
WorldAIDS Day, portions of the Harvard
AIDS Conference will be carried live and
the audio track of CablePositivewill be
available on demand.
Gillean & Kirby are hosting a program
called, Hear Us Out, focusing on "issues
from their viewpoint". TST also has set a
goal of20 "fresh" hours of Lesbian &Gay
programming a week. TST spokesperson,
Shellie Cook, said that the service will
consider providing "air-time" or access
for other programming though they cannot
provide studio support as they are for
Hear UsO.ut. According to Cook, extensive
experience may not required. She
stated that neither Gillean nor Kirby had a
background in radio and were chosen
because "someone knew someone..."
Program director, Ann Williams, formerly
with KWGS, radio station of the
University of Tulsa, spoke at a Rainbow
Business Guild meeting last spring about
the then in-development program and listened
to Lesbian and Gay community
b.usines s people about the lack ofcommunity
oriented programming.
~ommumty reaction has been positive.
However, one community observer, discussing
the announcement of the program,
expressed surprise at this new "visibility"
for Gillean since Gille’andedined
to serve as public spokesperson forTOHR
during the time he served as TOHR president.
Others have expressed regrets that
the impact of. the service may be limited
since it requires a somewhat expensive
computer equipment and paid access.
To hear the programming, listeners need
a "multi-media" computer and modem.
For more information:
website: http://www.tstradio.com
e-mail: mail@tstradio.com
or call ’481-0077 or 800-789-4506.
they are adapted from all three churches,
and to others who desire a more liturgical
form of worship. Membership is open to
all who would serve Christ without bigotry,
in truth and justice.
Saint Jerome ECC will be a parish
church in. the Diocese of the Mountains
and P1ains,joining 14 other parishes in the
US and in 3 other countries. Regular
Masses_will be celebrated on each Saturday
at 6:00pm at the Community of Hope.
For more information, contact Rick
Hollingsworth at (918) 742-7122.
Making Sense
TOHR Announces New
HIV Prevention Program
Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights
begins a new and innovative, four week
program for Gay & Bisexual’men for HIV
prevention. The progrmn uses concepts of
harmreduction that emphasize non-judgemental,
flexible and individualistic approaches
to HIV issues. Topics will include:
identity, intimacy, health, relationships
& sex. Info: call Jason at 742.2927.
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The change in status means the church
loses some of its autonomy. Major decisions
will now have to be reviewed bv
district authorities. One reason cited for
the downgrade was the failure to pay
required tithes to the district and to
UFMCC headquarters. Church members
who spoke on condition of anonymity
allege that the tithes were as much as 5
months in arrears and that Pastor Jones
had received several written and verbal
communications asking for compliance.
District Coordinator Ed Paul declined to
comment on the communications issue
because of concerns about litigation but
stated that the tithes were in arrears but
not as much as 5 months.
Church members have also raised con:
cerus about perceived irregularities in the
financial records forthe yearending. Vvqaile
the yearend report shows an ending balance
on Sept. 30th of $9,307.38, by the
congregational meeting on Oct. 29th, it
was reported that the church had less than
$700 on hand. At press time, inquiries to
the church’s bank showed that the church’s
-account appeared to have balance ofabout
$1000-2000.~ District Coordinator Paul
said he was not personally aware of the
financial status but said that the district
would perform a financial review as soon
as they are able. Paul noted that he typically
advises pastors and church leaders
not tO try to sweep things under the rug,
even if y. be painful.
held this year on the campus of the Uni-
.versity of Tulsa. Marchers should gather
~n the plaza between Sharp Chapel and
McFarlin Library at 6:30. Parking is available
on the street south of Sharp Chapel
and on the street and in the lot at .the
Chapman Activity Center.
The march will move around campus,
ending at the Great Hall of the Allen
Chapman Activities Center where the
memorial service will be held. Organizations
may bring bamaers and individuals
should bring bdls~ Candles will be provided.
Around the country at 1:50pro on Dec.
1st, congregations are asked to ring their
bells 15 times to recall the 15 years now of
the epidemic. Between 7:45 and 8pm,
across the country, communities are asked
to dim their lights to demonstrate the
commitment to fighting AIDS and in tribute
to those living with HIV,"AIDS and
those who have died from AIDS
Interfaith AIDS Ministries wants to line
the march route with lumnarnias displaying
the names of those who have died. For
more information or to submit a name,
call 438-2437 or 800-284-2437 by Monday,
Nov. 20th. Contributions are requested
but are not required.
On Sunday, Dec. 3, this year’s Red
Ribbon Treefest will be held at the Spotlight
Theatre at 1318 Riverside Drive
with a reception at4pm & auction at 5:30.
The Red Ribbon Treefest is an annual
event where decorated holiday trees are
auctaoned to raise funds for local HIV/
AIDS organizations. This year’s proceeds
will benefit the HIV Resource Consortium’s
prescription drug program and to
assist Interfaith AIDS Ministries 800
AIDS information telephone line.
Tree set-up will be from 9-3pm on
Sunday. The SpotlightTheatre has a number
of steps at the entrance. To arrange
handicapped access, call 663-53721~"
Y
News Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News
U.S. Rep. Gerry Studds
Announces Retirement
BOSTON IJ.S. Rep. Gerry
Studds (D-Mass.), who became
the first openly gay member of
Congress when he came out on
lhc floor of the ltouse after he
had bccn censured for having
had sex 10 years earlier with a
congressional page, has announc
cd that hc will not run for his
(’.ape Cod di strict scatagatn next
year. Following that censure
vote, Studds was nevertheless
re-elected by a solid margin to
become the first openly gay person
ever elected to Congress.
Studds has held his scat for 12
terms, a total of 23 years.
Georgia Sodomy Law
Challenged Again
ATI ,A NTA -The Atlanta Const[
rut[on reports that L. Chi-is
(?hfis~cnscn is chailcnging the
Georgia sodomy statute, wlfich
the ~ I.S. Supreme Court upheld
9 years ago. Attorueys reprcscnlmg
Chfistcnsen, who was
chargcd with soliciting an undcrcovcr
sheriff’s dcputy, will
argue that Chfistcnscn’s right to
privacy ~s grcatcr under the state
C.onstitution than it is under the
I;.S. Constiluuon and that the
sodomy slatutc infringes on that
right.
Martina Debuts
Rainbow VISA Card
NI’;W YORK Tcunis great
Mart[ha Navratilova has stepped
inlo the corporate promotion area
bv inlroducing the "’Rainbow
(Sard,’" Visa’s credit card aimed
a~ the nation’s gay and lesbian
commnnity. Backed by
antomakcr Sub~L part of ~c
~d’s fccs will go to the R~nbow
Card Foundation, a nonprofit
organiz~tion ~at will help
fund gay and lesbian heath and
education groups in the U.S. The
Rainbow Card is available
throngh the Travelers Bank, and
domestic parmers ~n apply for
a.joint a~onnt.
"q’hc inspiration for the Rainbow
Card and the foundalion
calnc from thc incrcdiblc s~cng~
and unityso many ofus sh~ed at
the 1993 March on W~hington,"
Navratilova s~d. ’"l’~s
cxpericn~ promptedmy l~ends
m~d mc to evaluate ways to h~-
ncss the coo heroic power of the
gay community to achieve humanitarian
goals. "lk~ay, I’m
proud to inffodu~ the R~u~w
("ard as a fundraisiug tool that
will gcncralc a substantial
mnonnt of monc~ Ibr health ~d
eduction ~uscs rclcv~t to lesbi~
s ~dgays." The fund hopes
to r~se some $20 million for
v~ous ch~table groups wi0fin
¯e next5ye~s, Navmfilova s~d.
T~ find out more i~o~ation
about the R~nbow C~d, phone
1-800~-~INBOW.
Too Man~ ’Rainbows’
NEWARK, N.J.-Just ~ys ~ter
it made a ~g~y publicized debut,
the R~nbow C~d Fo~-
fen has been h~ded a "cease
~d desist" order from the R~nbow
Foundation, a New Jersey
charity that helps sick children.
A spokesperson from the Rainbow
Foundation said, "Their
causes are not our cause." Attorney
Mark Momjian, representing
the Rainbow Card Foundation,
which will distribute funds
raised for gay- and lesbian-oriented
groups, said hundreds of
charities use the word "rainbow"
in their names.
University Campus
Adds Lesbigay Institute
LOS ANGELES - Califonlia
State University’s Northridge
campus has OKed creating an
Institute on Gay, Lesbian &
Trausgender Studies. The institute
will conduct lectures and
seminars on the Southern California
campus, starting this semester.
In announcing the ne~v
institute, Donald Hall, an associate
professor of English at the
school, said it will serve as a
...Somner LeCroix,
an economist with
the University of
Hawaii...
legalizing gay and
lesbian marriages
would increase the
number of tourists
visiting the state by
about 172,000
people annually..¯
resource for faculty members
who would like to include gay
and lesbian studies in their course
material. Hall said the campus
has a large gay and lesbian student
population, which the institute
will serve.
Hawaii Gay Marriages
Equals 172,000 Tourists
HONOLULU - A state committee
holding hearings on the differences
in benefits enjoyed by
married couples that same-sex
couples are ineligible for, was
told by Sumner LeCroix, an
economist with the University
of Hawaii, that legalizing gay
and lesbian marriages would increase
the numberoftourists vi s-
[tiny the state by about 172,000
people amiually.
"’Adding more tourists of any
stripe to the state would in general
be good for the state,"
LeCroix told the Conunission
on Sexual Orientation and the
Law, authorized by the legislature
as the staie tries to deal with
the complex political and legal
questions raised by a court challenge
to the state’s refusal to
give marriage licenses to samesex
couples.
Nat’l. Gay Organization
Changes Name to HRC
WASHINGTON - Noting that
it is "so much more than a fund,"
the Human Rights Campaign
Fund has formally changed its
name to theHuman Rights,,Canlpaign.
HRC has recently begun
publishing "H,RZY’Quartefly," a
journal of political news and
perspective.
In announcing the namechange,
Elizabeth Birch, HRC"s
execuuve director, also announced
the organization’s latest
Internet addition, a World
Wide Web site that it says will
let Internet users keep track of
voting records for their members
of Congress and conlmumcate
with diem quicklyiThe -
WWW site is:
http://www.hrcusa.org.
Tennessee Williams
Honored by USPS
CLARKSDALE, Miss. - Playwright
Teunessee Williams is
being honored by a U.S. Postal
Service co~umemorative stamp.
Williams, best kalown for his
complex and emotionally intense
plays such as A StreetcarNamed
Desire, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
and Suddenly Last Summer, was
born in Columbus, Mississippi
in 1911. He died in 1983.
Possible Gay Spouse Not
Enough for Annulment
DUBLIN, Ireland -The Irish
Supreme Court has refused to
nullify the 16-year marriage of a
couple, mmamed in court documents,
who each believed the
other was homosexual or bisexual.
The couple, who have 3
children, wanted to annul their
marriage even though neither
presented any concrete evidence
about the sexual orientation of
the other.
The wife said she thought her
husband might be homosexual
or bisexual because of a "close
friendship" he had with another
man and because she said that at
times he preferred masturbation
rather than sexual intercourse.
Similarly, the husband said he
with the caption "Roll One On."
The pilot is considering filing a
civil rights complaint over the
incident.
Disney Offers Partners
Health Benefits
IlOLLYWOOD The Walt
Disney Compauy has become
the latest member of the entertainment
industry to extend insurance
benefits to the domestic
partners of its same-sex workcrs.
A Dis~rey.spokesperson said
the new policy ."brings our health
benefits in line with our corporate
non-discrinfination policy."
The ncw benefitpackage applies
only to the s,’une-sex partners of
l)isncy employees and takes effect
in January 1996.
Fla. Lawmakers Attack
Disney Partners Policy
TAH.AHASSEE, Ha. - Fifteen
F’lorida state legislators have
written to Michael Eisner, chief
executive officer of the Walt
We wonder what
Walt Disney hlmseff
would think of your
decision if he were
alive today? We are
inclined to believe
he would be quick
to pull the Iplug on
such anti-tamily
eomPany Polieies¯
- Florida legislators
Disney Co., denouncing the
motion picture and theme park
giant’s decision to offer health
insurance benefits to the domestic
partners of its gay and lesbian
employees.
The 15 legislators charged
Disney with"belittling the Sanethought
the wife migh~ be a les- . : tity of mainage" and of forcing
bian because of a "long and very ° its customers to pay for treatclose
friendship" that she had
with a younger woman.
A lower court rejected the annulment
petition, and the Supreme
Court. upheld the lower
court ruling; noting that "an inadequacy
of the.ability to communicate"
was not justification
for an annulment and that despite
the difficulties the couple
faced "’the re must have been a
fair amount of full sexual intercourse"
simply to have had 3
children.
Condom-Ad Blocked
Over Football Stadium
NEW YORK - An air tralTic
controller in the busy New York
City region blocked an airplane
that was towing an ad for
condoms from flying over the
nearby Giants Stadium during a
weekend football game. A
spokesperson for the Federal
Aviation Administration said it
was not FAA policy to prevent
such advertising fly-overs because
of the content of the ad.
The towed ad depicted a 25-foot
silhouette ofan unrolled condom
¯ ment for people with AIDS
¯ through the new health coverage ¯
that "will result in an increased
number of AIDS cases."
A Disney spokesman in
¯ Burbank; Calif., John Dreyer,
said the company ~has no intention
of reversing itself on the
¯ new policy and Saidit was consistent
with the finn’s non-dis-
~ crimination policies. "This is
about providing health benefits
for our employees and nothing
more," Dreyer said. "When we
¯ get the letter, we’ll decide how
¯ to respond to them, butwewon’t ¯
do it through the media." The
" full text of the letter from the
lawmakers to the Walt Disney
Co. follows:
" "An open letter to Michael
" Eisner and the Walt Disney
¯. Board: We are deeply disap-
¯ pointed in.your recent decision
to extend health benefits to the
~ domestic partners of your homosexual
employees. The me~
¯ dia and entertainment industry
¯ may consider this a ’politically
¯ correct’ and courageous change
in policy, but we - and others
who have looked to you as the
provider of wholesome, familyoriented
entertainment - consider
your decision a big mistake both
morally and financially.
We are surprised at your belittlement
of the sanctity of marriage.
By implying that vows no
longer need to be made in order
to gain marital privileges, you
are alienating the millions of
)eople in this country who take
,the marriage covenant seriously
and believe that it is ordained by
God. We strongly disapprove of
y~)ur inclusion and endorsement
of a lifestyle that is unhealthy,
unnatural and unworthy of special
treamlent. Those who practice
homosexuality are engaging
in a life style that should not be
given the same status as heterosexual
marriages.
Financially speaking, how can
you give medical benefits to a
group of people with such a high
medical risk, "knowing full-well
that other Disney employees and
the American people will have
to pick up die tab for the inevitable
increased health insurance
premiums? With your decision,
you are alienating the vast majority
of fanfilie~ in this country.
Youmay be gaining the applause
of a vocal minority of your employees,
but you are jeopardizing
your finaucial base which
creates the need for those same
employees. We are also deeply
disappointed in the path that die
Disney .company has chosen to
follow. For more than 50 years
Walt Disney Co. has represented
all that is good and pure and
wholesome in our nation. Families
flocked to Walt Disney
World and Disneyland because
they knew that Walt Disney respected
and nurtured the traditional
American family and its
strong moral values. Disney
could always be counted on to
provide parents and children
alike with family-friendly, goodnatured
entertainment. Nowadays,
however, you are producing
and-fami!y films underother
labds,such as Miramax, and
moving even further away from
traditioual American values with
this policy decision.
Wewonder what Walt Disney
himself would think of your decision
if he were alive today?
We are inclined to believe he
would be quick topull.the plug
on such anti-family company
policies. We hope you will be
quick to reconsider your new
policy and work to reestablish
the Disney Co. as a family-oriented
brganization."
Dole Waffles on Log
Cabin Contribution
WASH.INGTON - Republican
presidential hopeful, Sen. Bob
Dole of Kansas, abruptly
changed.his time about a $1,000
campaign contribution from the
gay and lesbian Log Cabin Republicans,
saying it was a mistake
to return the money and
blaming the whole incident on
N.ews Briefs Ne.wp ,Briefs News Briefs
his campaign staff. _’ ~ The suit charges that"if the College,
Republicans were compelled
to-accept homosexuals ...
this would change the message
communicated by the College
Republicans’ speech and other
First Amendment activities.’"
The suit asks the U.S. District
Court to force the schools to
sanction the College Republi-
D~ole, whose GOP presiden- ¯
tial bidhas been lagging recently, -"
said his campaign staff had not :
cleared the decision to return the ¯
Log Cabin PAC donation with :
lfim. Dole’s latest statement on :
the returned funds contradicts
statements he made last month :
when he said on a television in- :
terview: "I didn’t want the per- ¯ cans, which would include proception
that we were buyinginto " viding them with office spaceon
campus. Leaders of the College
Republicans said earlier this year
that they had no intention of actually
barring homosexuals but
that they object to the colleges’
decision to require all student
organizations to sign the pledge,
which states: "The club will:not
discriminate on the basis Of ,abe,
color, creed, religion, age, gender,
disability or sexual orientation."
"We really feel the school
is violating our freedom of association
by shoving someone’s
"We reafly fed the
school is violating
our freedom of
association by
shoving someone’s
sexual,preference
down our throat,"
said Nate HalL.of
the Metropolitan
State C llege
Republicans...
sexual preference down our
throat," said Nate Hall. chairman
of the Metropolitan State
College Republicans. "If a person
is gay., so what’? Our biggest
concern is, are you. a Republican’?
But we don’t as a club condone
homosexual activity."
Sheila Kaplan, Metropolitan
State College president, said that
the school stands bY .t!~e antibias
reqnireme,nt "One of the
founding pfinci plUS 6~"Met~6 i~ a
cormnitment to maintaining a
campus environment free from
discrimination in any’ form,
where .all people are respected
and valued," Kaplan said. "We
believe Metro’s nondiscrimination
policies areLht~pl~r,O,p,ri- "
ate and legal." .
Santa Fe ProclaimsGhy
~&Lesbian History Month.
SANTA FE. NM - Debbie
Jarmnill.o, the lnavot of Sm~ta
’Fe, N.M., has :officially pros
~1 bd rited’ ~Oi:r~bef~ -’ as~, :::.]Le’Sbi~aiL
Gay’ &Bisexual Hist6~3: Mbfith’.
In makiug tli~’ 15f6~tanYation,
MayorJaranfillo’said it was necessary
’:’to make sure onr country
at least learns the lessons Of tolerance
mid faimess and accepts
the fact that we are all eqnal in
die eves of God." Lesbian, Gay
& BiSexual History Month was
originally the brai]lclfild of St.
Louis, Me., high school teacher
Rodimy Wilson after he found
that an 800-page history textsome
special rights for any group
or lifestyle or whatever it might
be with gays or.anyone else."
But a month later, Dole blamed
his campaign staff entirely for
the August incident, and implied
that he hadn’t known about the
deosion to realm the contribution
"I think if they had consulted
with me, they wouldn’t
have done that," Dole told reporters
in mid-October. "I just
didn’t agree with what happened."
Neither, obviously, did the gay
GOPers who have since handed
over their $1,000 campaign contribution
to Sen. Arlen Specter
of Pennsylvania, another Republican
presidential candidate. Rich
Tafel, executive director of the
Log Cabin Republicans, said he
believed Dole had figured out
during the past inonth of campaigning
that beating up on gay
supporters wasn’t a smart political
move. "~I think as he’s traveled
around the country he’s
found as we have that moderate
Republicmls, a lot of Dole supporters;
Werereally tumedOfflJy
tiffs .whole inddentY Dole said
he would not ask the gay Republicans
for the donation again because
"I don’t want to open it all
up again.
Temp Agency Sued for
Anti-Gay Bias
MINNF~A,POLIS - Marcus St.
Janacs has filed a lawsuit against
thc Dolphin Tcmporary Services"
Industrial Group, m~ emp!
tymcnt agency, charging diat
they fired him as an employee of
the company because he is gay.
In the suit, St. James also charges
thai the temporary agency
singled lfim out for retaliation
because he had refused to fabricate
data for some 500 job seekcrsin
order to meet equal opp0rtunity
employment requiremeuts.
Au attoruey for the finn
denied may ,reprisals against St.
Jmfies and insisted that his "job
~ pgrforLn.an,ce, ,.w,a~£k¢ sole.~eason
f‘or his. termination.’" St. James is
as’king ~tr,~0mc $50,000 in darnages
mid lost wages. .
COI.I~ege Repub!ieans Sue
Over~ Anti=Bias. Pledge
DENVER - A GOP student organization,
die College RepublicanS,
has filed a federal lawsfiit
,against Colorado State University,
the University of Northern
Colorado and the Metropolitan
State College in Denver, charging
that the 3 campuses violate
their First Amendment rights for
insisting that student groups sign
a nondiscrimination agremnent
that includes sexual orientation.
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book he was.usin~Vdidn’ t ha;ce a
single reference to the role of
gays and lesbians in history.
Papers Print Photo of
Greek PM’s Wife Nude
with ’Another Woman’
ATtIENS - Greece erupted in a
political uproar after 3 newspa7
pers in Athens published a frontpage
photo of Greek Prime MinisterAndreas
Papandreou’ s wife
Dimitra Liani in what purports
’to show her nude on a bea~hin
"an intimate pose with another
unidentified woman."Thephoto,
which Mrs. Papandreou has denounced
as faked, depicts the
unidentified woman fondling her
genitals.
¯ Authorities arrested the publisher
of one of the papers on
misdemeanor charges his publication
made an "unprovoked insuit"
against Mrs. Papandreou,
who met and married the Prime
Minister when she was an airline
stewardess. Thepublishers ofthe
two other papers that published
the photo also face warrants for
their arrest but have gone into
hiding, police say. Mrs
Papandreou, who is 40, said the
photo was a fake representing a
"dirty campaign" to thwart her
increasing political ambitions.
Albuquerque Gay &
Lesbian-History Month
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -Albuquerque
Mayor Martin
Chavez proclaimed October
"’Lesbian & Gay His tory Month’"
in the city on Oct. 27, recognizing
the"important contributions
to our society" by gays and lesbians.
The proclamation also
notes that National Coming Out
Day~ whichis Oct. 11, was started
7 years ago by long-time Nmv
Mexico resident Robert
Eichberg~ who died earlier this
year. Earlier in the month, Santa
Fe Mayor Debbie Jaramillo also
issued a similar proclamation
recognizing "Lesbian, Gay’ &
Bisexual History: Month" in that
city.
Iranian Man Sentenced
For Dressing AS Women
TEHRAN -An Iranian newspaper
has reported that a man in the
capital city ofTehran was beaten
up by outraged women and later
sentenced toi201ashes by’ a court
~b~fig~"h~’ ~’6t- ~)n a municipal
btigdr~ssed in the heavv veils
and billowing caftan-lik~ gown "
of a woman. " " "
The3 i-year:~idma~, who Was
not identified, told’the newspaper
that he had dressed as a
¯woman’ ,m~’d~ sat; i~l’ tli~;Women-
- O~fl~:;~e~ secti6n of the bus ias
"]Yar~"tf’a’S33 bet ~vifll his father.
"" A’pparenfly the man~s large frmne
mid feet di&l’t fool the women.
however, mid he told the paper
they" "got aiagry mid beat me up."
The man was later sentenced by
a religious court to 20 lashes for
what it called his "ugly and improper"
prank.
Sailor’s Case Dismissed
BALTIMORE-Federal District
Court Judge Joseph Young has
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dismissed a lawsuit by Navy Lt.
Richard Selland who has been
challenging the Defense
Department’s new so-called
"don’t ask, don’t tell" policy of
excluding openly gay and lesbian
service members from the
military. The court ruled that
Selland’s Firstand FifthAmendment
rights do not take precedence
over Congress’ and the
Defense Department’s right to
set military policies. Selland currently
i s a supply officer at a base
in Virginia, but when he came
out in 1993, he was stationed on
the submarine Hammerhead.
Gay Couple’s Joint
Bankruptcy Denied
ATLANTA - U.S. Bankruptcy
Judge A. David Kahn has rejected
the joint bankruptcy petition
of 2 gay men, ruling that
they were ineligible because they
aren’t legally married. Judge
Kahn agreed that the men’ s long-
¯¯¯Sheldon had made
*’a career out of
vilifying lesbians,
gays and persons
with AIDS" and
had called
people infected
HIV to be "confined
in eoneentratlon
.. eam?-like ,
establishments.
tenn relationship had a number
of similarities to a heterosexual
mamage, but he :ruled that federal
bai"tkniptcy laws required
legal marriage or its equivalent
as "’more than a inere technicalitV.’"
The case is believed to be
the first of its kind in the U.S.
O.S. House of ReDs.
Opened by Prayer by
Radical, Anti-Gay Pastor
WASHINGTON Rights activists
and Democrats in the House
of Representatives expressed
disma? and outrage over having
far-right anti-gay milfister Louis
Sheldon of, the Traditional Values
Coalition deliver the daily
prayer that usually begin s the
legislative body’s ~lay on Thursday,
Nov. 2.
ReD. Lynn Wolsey, a CaliforniaDeumcrat
saidSheldon had
made "’a career out of vilifyiug
lesbimls, gays mid persons with
AIDS.’" and had called forpeople
.infected iwith:HIV. to~.be:?’con-
~finedinconcentration -camp.like.
establishrnents.’" ~ .......
Eli.zabeth Birch of.the I2iUman
Rights Campaign agreed. "’It is
outrageous that those in control
of this Congress would allow
that man, whose every waking
breath is spent attacking lesbian
and gay people in this country,
to lead the House in prayer,"
Birch said. "’Sheldon has created
a cottage industry out of polidcal
gay-bashing and hate, ..and:it
is insulting to every fair-mind&d
American." But a spokesperson
for House Speaker Newt
Gingrich said Sheldon’s invocation
was "perfectly appropriate."
Sheldon had been invited to deliver
the brief prayer at the request
of ReD. Ken Calvert (RCalif.).
NGLTF ’Creating
Change’ Conference
WASHINGTON, D.C. -The
National ’Gay, & "Lesbian Task
Force held its 1995 Creating
Changeconference, on Nov. 10-
12 in Detroit.
The Task Force released the
following statement: "More than
a thousand gay,lesbian, bisexual
and transgender activists gathered
in Detroit, Michigan, for
what was, perhaps, the largest
ever national gay’ strategizang
conference. The 1995 Creating
Change Conference occurs at a
critical juncture in the gay’ and
lesbian movement when many
battles and far-reaching decisions
are coming together at
once, the U.S. Supreme Court’s
pending ruling on die Colorado
Amendment 2 case, the prominencc
of gay, lesbian and bisexual
issues in the 1996 Presidential
Ele&ions, Right Wing
anti-gay b~illot initiatives in
Maine and other states, workplace
discrimination, and samegender
marriages, ainong oilier
controversial issues.’"
The conference present some
’180 wOrkshops~ - plenaries.
brown-bag sessions, and cultural
events. Plenary’ speakers included
Urvashi \,’aid, nationally’
known activist and author of Virtual
Equally.’: The Mains?reaming
ofGay and Lesbiaftgiberation;
Second-term Wigconsin
State ReD. Tmnmv Bfildwin
Elias Farajaje-JoneS, -author,
teacher, theologian, bisexual activist
recently’ featured in
Newsweek; and Harry Britt,.pioneer
gay politician and former
member, San Francisco Board
of Supervisors. Numerous other
gay" movement ’luminaries attended,
including Dee
Mosbacher, Deb Price, Elizabeth
Birch, Scan Strub, Debra
Chasnoff, Scot Nakagawa, Phill
Wilson,-Derek Hodel, Tim
McFeeley, Paula Ettelbrick, Mab
Segrest, Robert Bray, Suzmme
Pharr. Suzanne Goldberg, and
¯activists from almost every State.
Tulga activist, Tim Gillean, attended
the Conference as well as
native ONahoman and Dalras
Gay &’.Lesbian-A,tl’ianee.preSiConcerns
Over AIDS Funds in
Medicaid Changes
WASHINGTON - Government officials
and AIDS agencies say that potentially
hundreds of thousands of people with
HIV/AIDS could lose health care benefits
under legislation approved by Congress
that would give ~eater control of Medicaid
fun ds to states. Jesse Brown, secretary
of the Veterans Affairs Dept., and
Donna Shalala, secretary of Health &
Human Services, joined in criticizing the
legislative changes approved by the Republican-
controlled Congress. The legislation
would hand over a large part of the
federal Medicaid funds in block ~ants for
the states to administer, spar’king increased
concerns that people with HIV/AIDS illnesses
might suffer cuts in benefits as a
result.
Research Links Transsexualism
And Brain Structure
LONDON - Researchers in the Nether-.
lands have reported in the journal Nature
that male-to-female transsexualism may
have a biological basis, based on a tiny
region of the hypothalamus in the brain.
Prof. Dick Swaab of the Netherlands Institute
for Brain-Research in Amsterdam
said in the report that the stria terminalis
region of the hypothalamus that is linked
to sexuality is larger inmen than inwomen,
regardless of their sexual orientation. But
Swaab reported that, after studying the
post mortem brain structures of6 male-tofemale
transsexuals, he found that alI had
the smaller "female" structure in this area
of the brain.
Swash said the results imply that maleto-
female transsexuals had this smaller
stria terminalis area from birth and that
the re,on of the brain may be linked to
gender identity as well as sexuality in
general. Swaab said that there was no
evidence that transsexualism is genefi:
cally inherited, but noted that it was not
possible to say" how much influence environmental
factors play compared to inherited
traits. Swaab and other researchers,
including Dr. Simon LeVay of the
Salk Institute, have found similar differences
in the size of another area of the
hypothalmnus between gay and straight
men.
Straights Not Changing Sexual
Behavior Because of Epidemic
BOSTON - A report in the American
Journal of Public Health indicates that
heterosexuals surveyed in 1990 and again
in 1992 show no changes in their sexual
activities because of the AIDS epidemic.
The researchers noted that the 2 surveys
of some 9,000 people from around the
country indicate that the number of heterosexhals
who said they engaged in sex
with multiple partners had actually increased
slightly by 4% between 1990 and
1992. The researchers also reported that
the surveys indicate that straights showed
no increased likelihood of using condoms
or getting tested for HIV during the 2
years the)’ were surveyed.
Many Blacks Believe HIV a
Genocide Attempt
SAN" DIEGO - Researchers reported at
the annual meeting of the American Pub-
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lic Health.Association that about a third of
the peopl~ surveyed in African-American
;<~churches believe that HIV was produced
by the government ingerm warfare labs as
part of a genocide effort aimed at blacks in
this country.
Dr. Sandra Crouse Quilm of the public
health school at the University of North
Carolina-Chapel Hill, reported that another
third of the approximately 1,000
church-goers surveyed in 5 U.S. cities
indicated they were "unsure’" if the AIDS
epidemic was an a ttempt at genocide or
not. Quinn noted that black church-goers
are not representative of the larger African-
American population, but said the
"stnnfflng’" results nevertheless indicate
that a large portion of the country’s black
population doesn’t trust public health information.-
Quiun and Stephen Thomas of Emery
University said, however, that the finding
is backed up by similar studies of black
college students, housing-project residents
and African-Americans visiting clinics in
Washington, D.C. The researchers said
the other surveys also found that around
one-third of those survey believed HIV
was part of an effort to l~ill blacks in the
U.S., and another third indicated they
were unsure about the theory. The scientists
surveyed people who attended black
clmrches in Atlanta, Charlotte, N.C., Detroit,
Kansas City, Me., and Tuscaloosa,
Ala.
Asian, African HIV Strains
Migrating to the West
LONDON - According to the report in
the medical journal Ixtncet, U.S. and Uruguayan
military doctors are reporting that
Asian and African strains of HIV have
been introduced into the Western hemisphere,
brought back to their home countries
by military personnel returning from
foreign duty in those regions.
Military doctors at the Walter Reed
Army Institute and the Uruguayan Directorate
of the Armed Forces in Montevideo
said they isolated a common Southeast
Asian strain of HIV in 6 Uruguayan soldiers
and marines who served as part of a
U.N. peacekeeping f orce in Cambodia. In
a different study also reported in Lancet,
physicians at the U.S. Naval Health Research
Center in San Diego found the
same HIV strain in 3 U.S. sailors and
Marines who had been serving in Thailand.
They also found 2 African’strains of
the virus in 2 servicemen who had returned
from duty in Kenya and Uganda.
The scientists say" the findings could
complicate efforts to fight AIDS because
potential vaccines that might be devised
to protect against one strain of HIV may
¯
be ineffective or inadequate for another of
¯ the 9 known strains of the virus. "We may
¯ need to worry about different genetic ap-
¯ pearances of the virus and changing pat-
" terns of the virus in order to get vaccines
¯ that protect people who might be travel-
" ling or who might live in different regions
¯ of the world," said Dr. Andrew Artenste
¯ in, one of the researchers at Walter Reed.
"It might require either multiple strains in
¯ the vaccine or multiple vaccines eventu-
¯ ally to protect people.’"
¯ Fired Nurse With HIV Sues
HOUSTON -A Houston nurse, known in
court doctnnents only as "Jane Doe," has
filed a lawsnit against Surgicare, a medical
center where she had worked until
earlier this year. Doe’s suit charges that
after learning she was HIV-positive in
. January she was told by her supervisor to
¯ take time off work if she wanted to "deal
with the shock.’" But after a 2 week leave,
Doe was informed that she had been fired
: for "excessive absenteeism" because she
had been off work for more than 3 days in
¯ the past 6 months. The suit charges that
Surgicare violated federal anti-bias laws
and fired her because of her infection.
¯
China Begins Addressing
AIDS Epidemic
¯ BEIJING - According to a report in the ¯
Guangming Daily, Chinese health minis--
¯ try authorities have acknowledged for the
¯ first time that the 2,428 cases of AIDS
~ officially reportedin the country are probably
"significantly undercounted" and that
the ministry believes the actual number of
people infected with HIV in China is
probably about 100,000 people instead.
The health ministry officials also announced
that it would join in observing
World AIDS Day on December 1 and is in
the process of setting up a national agency
to address prevention and control of the
spread of HI\.’ in the country.
It ’Came’ In Outer Space
KANSAS CITY, Kan. - Dr. Joseph Tash
of the University of Kansas School of
Medicine has been given a contract by the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA) to conduct sexual experiments
in outer space. Little is known
about sex in the weightlessness of space,
but there is some evidence that male sperm
is more active and aggressive in orbit. But
before you start suiting up and heading off
to NASA headquarters in Houston with
visions of astronaut orgies, however,Tash
notes, that these experiments will only
involve studying the behavior of the sperm
of sea urchins - which is chemically close
to that of human sperm.
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Justice Dept. Sues Moving
Companies Over AIDS
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Justice Departmenthas
filed alawsuit against Bekins
Van Lines and Schloer Enterprises Inc.
Schloer, whichis Bekins’ agency in Philadelphia,
was sued for refusing to move the
household goods of two men because a
friend of theirs has AFDS. The federal
lawsuit was filed under the Americans
with Disabilities Act and charges that
.Bekins had agreed to move the furuishrags
of David Homan and Robert
Rosenbaum, who were relocating to Arizona.
But when the movers arrived at the
home of the men, a neighbor who has
AIDS was visiting Homan and
Rosenbaum, and the movers abruptly refused
to continue with the move, the suit
charges. The moving companies, have
denied any wrongdoing, but the Justice
Department says it filed the suit because
the 2 firms refused to .cooperate in its
initial investigation.
Antibodies May Not Disable Hiv
LONDON - AIDS researchers have. re-
HIV blood test as part of his application,
and asked to see his doctor’s records, both
of which LaBonte agreed to. But
LaBonte’s attorney says the company incorrectly
decided that the two men were
having unprotected sex, and in March of
this year r.ejl,e,c,ted LaBonte’s application,
saying that this type bf activity poses an
increased risk for mortality which we are
unable to price."
The suit charges that the insurancefirm’ s
rejection of the policy violates both California
and U.S. laws barring discriinination
against people who associate with
individuals infected with HIV. In a brief
.press release, Minnesota Mutual Life said
it does not discriminate and is in complete
compliance with Califomia’s insurance
regulations.
Health Officials Confirm 1st
rus. Officials with India’s health ministry
agreed that theWHOfigures are probably
corLeg~t,~:noting ,,.that the number of repor(~
d cases in the country has nearly
doubled in the last 6 months and that 7 out
of every 1,000 people screened for HIV
are now testing poslt~ve.
Viatical Firm Says It
Meets SEC Rules
WASHINGTON- Brian D. Pardo, president
of the Waco, Texas-based Life Partners
Inc., has filed a sworn report in federal
court that the viatical insurance company
"has developed revised methods of
operation that it considers sufficient to
eliminate any claim that the securities
laws apply." Life Partners functions as
the buyers’ agent in viatical settlements,
which allow people with terminal illnesses
such as AIDS to sell their life insurance
Bite Transmission o! HIV policies prior to death.
WEST PALM BEACH,.FIa. -The U.S.: : TheU.S.SecuritiesandExchangeCom-
Centers for Disease Control &Prevention ¯ mission has not yet commented on the
has confirmed the first instance of HIV. :
being transmittedby ahumanbite. Health ¯
officials noted that an unusual set of cir- -"
cumstances would be needed for HIV to :
be passed from one person to another °
through-a bite, and noted that this case, ¯
which took place during the robbery of a ,"
91-year-old man, was the first such docu- ."
steps outlined in Pardo’s sworn statement,
but its court filings acknowledge
that viatiCal transactions are not inherently
securities, that the participation of
an agent does not necessarily-invoke the
securities laws, and that the preliminary
injuncuonissued by a federal court earlier
this year allows Life Partners to comply
mented ease in 15:years they have been : "by restructuring the transactions in such
tracking the AIDSepidemic. ¯ a way that they do not constitute securi-
HIV can continue to be infectious evenafter
the individual virus has been trapped
inside an envelope of antibodies, normally
the way the body neutralizes other
microbe~. The Virginia Commonwealth
University researchers said the finding
may partly explain why it has been so
difficult to stop the relentless spread of
the virus. Dr. Gregory Burton, one of the
researchers, said the antibodies that envelop
HIV, instead of disabling it may
actually help spread the virus to the body’s
disease-fighting T cells.
Man Sues Insurance Firm
Over Lover’s HIV
SAN FRANCISCO-Mark LaBonte, who
ts HIV-negative, has filed a S1 million
lawsuit against the Minnesota Mutual Life
Insurance Company, charging that he was
turned down for a policy after the insurance
firm learned he is gay and that his
partner has AIDS. LaBonte’s suit charges
that his application for insurance was refused
after Minnesota Mutual Life learned
his lover, Joe Aviles, is infected with
HIV. LaBonte claims the insurance finn
believed that he was therefore at risk for
infection from Aviles. MinnesotaMuttml
Life had asked LaBonte to undergo an
ported in the British journal Nature .that ,: Alarming Growth inGIobal AIDS., _,:..-ties.’? The SEC must file a response to the.-
GENEVA ~ "The-staggering~ impact of : report.by Nov; 2., after which time the.
AIDS in non-Western nations around the
g~obe has been underscored by recent
statements by health organizations and
officials. Timothy Stamps, Zimbabwe’s
health minister, said in a newspaper interview
that the country estimates that some
100,000 Zimbabweans will die of AIDSrelated
illness during the next year and a
half. Stamps said he wasn’t trying to be an
"alarmist," but noted that "At present 25
to 30 bodies of victims of AIDS are put
into mortuaries...and hospitals" every day
in the country. In neighboring Sout~a Africa,
a study by the Universltv of Natal
says that nearly a million people in
KwaZulu-Natal, the country" s mostpopulous
province, will be infected with HIV
by 19%. The researchers predicted there
would be 920,000 HIV cases in the province
of 8.7 million. The nation’s health
department also indicates its latest data
indicates that of the country’s 40 million
people 7.6% (about 3 million people) are
already infected with the virus.
The World Health Organization has
also announced that even though HIV was
almost unknown in India 10 years ago, it
now estimates that between 1.6 and 2
million Indians are infected with the vi-
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HIV Scientist Sues New York
ALBAN’Y, NY- A former New York
health department research worker has
filed a lawsuit against the state, charging
that department officials destroyed his
career because he complained abou! unsafe
standards and procedures at a staterun
laboratory. Joseph Youme, who had
worked with the state health department
for 16 years and had studied HIV with
Robert Gallo, included written complaints
he had made involving what he believed
were tmsafe laboratory procedures. Included
in the complaints Yourno had made
in the past few years were criticisms that
tubes of laboratory specimen blood had
been dropped in stairwells, hazardous
waste had been tossed out with regular
building rubbish, and that on one occasion
in 1991 a large bird flew through an
open window and knocked over unspecified
lab specimens and equipment before
if flew out agmn. After filing complaints
about the conditions at the lab with superiors,
Yourno says he was demoted to a
desk job, virtually putting an end to his
career in laboratory research.
Equal Employment Commission
Sues Over Firing of HIV÷ Driver
FRESNO, Calif. - A California-based
trucking company is being sued by the
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission for firing an HIV-infected
truck driver. DEF Express in Kingsburg,
Calif., has been charged with violating the
Americans with: Disabilities Act in as
dismissal of driver .James Marion. The
EEOC isaskingthat,Marion receiYe back
¯ -wages~ compensation for emotional suf-
; feting and punitive damages again DEF.
~ An attorney representing, the trucking
¯ firm said DEFExpress wasn’t even aware
¯ that Marion was HIV-positive until he
filed the complaint against the company
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Biomathematics Looks at HIV
CHICAGO - Dr: Alan Perelson, an immunologist
with the Los Alamos National
Laboratory in New Mexico, and Dr. Thomas
B. Kepler, a biomathematician at
North Carolina State University, say they
think they’ve found out how the lymph
glands produce highly specificmolecules,
known as antibodies, that attack mic¢obes
an the body with such accuracy. In their
study, published recently in the Proceedings
ofthe National Academy ofScience,
the mathematicians" complex formulas
generate a model that scientists say "tells
us how the immune system can make
antibodies that are 100 times more effective
in just two weeks.’" Virologists and
other scientists say the mathematical modeling
could give"doctors important insights
into the most effective times in the
progression of HIV infection to prescribe
specific medications to fight off the virus.
Assertiveness May Help
Black Women Avoid HIV
CHICAGO - ,According to a study published
in the Journal of the American
Medical Association, African-American
women Who took classes in %exual
assertiveness" were two times more likeh’
to insist on theirmale sex partners using
condom s than a comparable group of
women who took a standard 2-hour AIDS
education class. Among other things, the
classes taught how to put condoms on a
partner, how to clearly express sexual
desires and how to deal with situations
where either the women or their partners
have been drinking. ,:~* .......
"We don’t think one session of HIV
education is really goxng to change any
behavior - and in fact it did not," said Dr.
Gina Wingood of the school of public
health at the University of Alabama ~n
Birmingham and one of the co-authors of
the study. Black women in the U.S. are 16
times m~)re likely to become infected with
HIV than American white women, possibly
because their male sex partners are
less likely to use condoms or more likely
to u se IV drugs, Wingood and her fellow
researchers said.
Young People Hit Hardest by
HIV in China
BEIJING - China’s leading medical publication,
Health Daily, has reported that
the AIDS epidemic is striking the nation’s
younger people harder than auy other age
group. According to the paper, nearly
two-thirds of those infected with HI\" in
the country are under 30 years of age. The
paper’s da~a, however, w’as based on government
health agency figures, which officially
have recorded ouly 1,774 HIV
infections in the country..klan)" global
AIDS experts believe that more than
10,000 Chinese are actually infected with
the virus.
French Hospital to Test 5,000
Ex-Patients of MD with HIV
PARIS - Officials at the Saint-Germainen-
Laye Hospital have announced that
the medical facility will test more than
5,000 ex-patients for possible HIV infection.
The enormous hospital-funded testing
program was announced after it was
~ discovered that one of its surgeons had
¯ . been infected with HIV for at least 13
¯ years. Hospital officials said it was "’very
¯ ~" uulikely’~ that the physician had infecte~l
any of his patients but that it wanted to
reassure former patients of the surgeon.
Male IV Drug Users at
High Risk for HIV
ATLANTA - A study by the C~nters for
Disease Control & Prevention and published
in the agency’s MMWR Summary
indicates that AIDS education and prevention
programs may not be reaching
male IV drug users ffho also have sex
with other men. TheCDC study was based
on xnterviews with men who inject drugs
and who also have sex with other men -
whether they identified themselves as gay,
bisexual or heterosexual - in Dallas, Denver
and Long Beach, Calif. The researchers
concluded that this subgroup now accounts
for 7% of the total AIDS cases in
the U.S. and 21% of all the cases among
IV drug users in tiffs country.
.." " The men in this group, ~e study said,
are at "’extremely high risk" of becoming
infected, noting that the majority of those
interviewed shared needles, often traded
sex for drugs or money, and had unprotected
sex with multiple partners. The
study also noted that how these men identify
themselves sexually may have little or
nothing to do with whether they have sex
with other males, with a full third of those
interviewed describing themselves as heterosexuals
even though they all acknowledged
having sex with other men.
Study: Lesbians, Bi Women At
Higher Risk for HIV
CHICAGO - According to a report published
in the American Journal ofPublic
Health, wo~nen who have sex with other
women are at greater risk for HIV infe6-
tion than women who are exclusively
heterosexual. The researchers compared
attitudes,, characteristics and HIV statns
of women at a sexually transmitted disease
clinic in New York City. Of the 9%
who said they have sex with other women,
more than 90% said they also had sex with
men as well.
The scientists found that the women
who had same-sex contact were more
likely than the exclusively heterosexual
women to be infected with HIV, to trade
sex for drugs or money; and to use intravenous
drugs. The researchers .said, although
the women who have sex with
other women were more likely to be infected
with HIV, the study found no instances
of actual female-to-female transmission.
Clinton to Host White House
AIDS Conference
WASHINGTON-Theadministration has
announced that President Clinton will host
the first-ever White House Conference on
AIDS on Dec. 6 to underscore his commitment
to doing more about the epidemic.
Mike McCurry, White Housepress
secretary, said it will bring many experts
on the disease to the high-level conference.
"’It will feature more than 130 individuals
from across the country," M~Curry
said. "Conference participants will discuss
the. latest trends in the .AIDS epidemic,
epidemiological stgveys and studies
of the AIDS epidemic itself, and the
central issues of AIDS research, prevention,
care and discrimination, among other
issue,s." McCurry said Clinton would take
partmsome portion of the conference, but
didn’t specify exactly what.
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CHICAGO - According to a research
study published in ithe Journal of the
American MedicalAssociation, the spread.
.ofHIV among IV drug users could be kept
an check through needle-exchange programs,
which should not only dispense
clean ne edles but also educate drug addicts
about how the virus is spread and
how to avoid infection. Investigators from
the Chemical Dependency Institute at Beth
Israel Medical Center in New York studied
needle-swap programs in 5 cities -
Tacoma, Wash.; Glasgow, Scotland;
Lund, Sweden; Sydney, Australia; and
Toronto, Canada. The researchers found,
among other things, that clean-needle programs
cost about $20 per addict per year,
"but treatment costs for people with AIDS
¯
were as high as $120,000 a year.
¯ The researchers also compared data
¯ from the 5 cities they studied with data
fromNew York City, which does not have
¯
a legal needle-swap program. The scien-
¯ fists found that HIV infection rates among
IV drug users there rose from under 10%
to more than 50%injust 5 years, while the
¯ 5 study cities kept infection rates among
IV drug abusers at very low levels.
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¯ SACRAMENTO,Calif.-CaliforniaGov_
¯ ernor Pete Wilson has signed into law a
¯ CA Gov. Vetoes Medicinal Pot
¯ SACRAMENTO, Calif. - To the surprise
of almost no one, California Governor
: Pete Wilson la~ vetoed a measure passed
¯ in September by the state legislature that
would have allowed people with AIDS
~ and some other illnesses to grow and use
: marijuana. Many AIDS activists and a
¯ number of physicians say the illegal drug
alleviates several debilitating manifesta-
¯ uons associated with AIDS,includingloss
of appetite, weight loss, and nausea. It is
the second such measure approved .by the
California Legislature that Wilson has
vetoed~’ "
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¯
measure that requires health care pracu-. "
tioners offeringl~renatal ca~e tO offerHW
¯ testing to pregnant women. Expectant ¯
¯ mothers arenot,however, required to take " HAVANA - The Miami Herald has rethe
test. ¯ ported that Cuba has one of the lowest
HIV infection rates in all ofLatin America
- by forcibly quarantining those infected
with the virus. World Health Orgamzation
data shows that Cuba has only 0.8
cases of AIDS reported for each 100,000
citizens. Cuba has put people infected
with HIV inisolated sanatoriums for nearly
a decade. Dr. Reinaldo Gil, who runs
Cuba’s AIDS programs, told the Herald
that the isolation of people with HIV
AIDS was the main reason for the
country’s low infection rate. "People are
beginning to.see that what we did works,"
he said. The paper also quoted people
with AIDS who agreed that Cuba’s isolation
program had reduced possible infections.
But one patient told the paper, "’\Ve
have lost our freedom. That is the most
important thing there is."
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A White House letter from Clihton to the
Human Rights Campaign, a major backer of
the legislation and the country’s largest gay
lobbying organization, says that the president
considers the bill "important civil rights legislation."
The bill bans discrimination based on
sexual orientation in businesses with more
than 15 employees. Religious organizations
are exempt from the measure.
Clinton noted that the proposed le~slation
does not apply to businesses with 15 or fewer
workers, to the nation’s armed forces or to
i’eligious organizations or the schools they
operate, andthat 4t specifically excludes, an~"
quotas. The bill would not reqtfires businesses
to provide health or other benefits to domestic
parmers of gay or lesbian employees.
"’The bill, therefore, appears to answer all
the legitimate objections previously raised
against it, ~while ensuring that Americans, regardless
of their sexual orientation, can find
and keep their jobs based on their ability and
the quality of their work," the Clinton letter
says. George Stephanopoulos, a senior Clinton
advisor, said,"This is a reasonable response to
a real problem. It ensures that everyone receives
equal treatment and no one gets special
treatment." "Peopleshould not be fired from
their jobs for a reason that has nothing to do
wi th their abilities," said Elizabeth Birch, executiye
director of the Human Rights Campaign.
"Today in.America, it’s perfectly legal
to fire someohe for being gay or lesbiaJa. The
President stands with the vast majority of
Ameri cans in supporting equal rights in the
workplace for lesbian and gay citizens."
The bill laces opposmon on Capitol Hill,
"and has poor chances of passage at this time.
In the latest issue of Nature Gen¢,Jir~sv~,Dr.
Dean Hamer and his fellow researcli6rs at the
National Institutes of Health reported that the
expanded study confirms that there is a genetic
link between male homosexuality and the genetic
marker (known as X q28) il;herited from
X chromosome of the mother. The researchers
found that 22 of 32 pairs of gay brothers from
unrelated families (69%) shared the same version
of the genetic material, leading them to
confirm the genetic link. When the scientists
looked at the heterosexual brothers of gay
men, however, they found only 22% of the
heterosexual Siblings had inherited the Xq28
pattern.
At the same time, researchers examined 36
pairs of lesbian sisters, but found no evidence
of any shared genetic marker in the same
re.on. "The finding in gay men but not lesbians
suggests that the mechanisms underlying
male and female sexual orientauons a~e at
least partially distinct," Hamer concluded in
the report. Earlier statistical studies have also
shown that gay men were more likely to have
gay" brothers than lesbians to haw lesbian
s~sters, he noted. Hamer said, "’It shows that it
is not impossible to map complex psychological
traits to genes. It is still a very large genetic
re,on. We have narrowed down which haystack
in the field it is, but it’s still a haystack."
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Following the Supreme Court hearings on Tuesday, Oct. 10, Colorado’s
Attorney General Gale Norton told reporters that gays and lesbians as a group,
do not merit "special protections." "The status quo, in almost the entire United
States, is that there are uo laws granting special protections on the basis .of
sexual orientation," Norton said.."And Amendment 2 just says .that,there will
not be those additional special protections on that basis."
On the other side, attorney Jean Dubofsky argued before the Court that the
Colorado amendment violated the U.S. constitutional guarantee of equal
protection under the law She said that if the Supreme Court Upholds the
Colorado measure, homosexuals will lose their basic right to challenge discriminatory
laws and regulations anywhere inthe country.
. "’!f,~v~Llp,s~ !ki.~ case arid Amend~nent 2,g0es into effect, it immedimely
repeals all the local ordinfiri~.es and all the general state laws and policies that
protect people from discrimination on the basis of gay orientation only"
Dubofskv said followin_o the Court hearino "’And it .W,hff,ao ~., tho ~,...... ~,~;
genera~ poucy or any protectlon.at any level ofgovernment from discrimination
on the basis of gay orientation or from the opportunity to seek any protection
from discrimination."
During the hearings, several Supreme Court justices questioned the validity
of theColorado amendment, expressing fears that it could allow hospitals to
deny medical treatment to gays or permit hotels and restaurants to turn
homosexuals away.
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Guest Conductor and Solo Flute:
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Chapman Music Hall, Tulsa PAC
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Fri., Dec. 8 & Sat., Dec. II
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SUNDAYS
Bless the Lord At All
Times Christian Center
Sunday School, 9:45 am
Worship Service, 11 am
2627-B East 1 lth.
Info: 583-7815
Community of Hope
(United Methodist)
Worship Service;~ 6 pm "
1703 E. 2nd, 585-1800
Family of Faith
Metro. Comm. Church
Worship Service, 11 am
5451-E South Mingo.
In/o: 622-1441
Metro. Comm. Church
of Greater Tulsa
Worship Service, 10:45am
1623 N. Maplewood
Info: 838-1715
TheBanned,OKGay Band
Practice weekly in OKC
Info: 838-2121
Bisexual/Lesbian/Gay
Alliance - Univ. of Tulsa
6:30pm at Canterbury
5th & Evanston
" Info: 583-9780
MONDAYS
HIV Testing
TOHR Clinic
Free & anonymous testing. "
using fingerstick
method. ¯
No appointment required..
Walk in testing: 7:8:3.0pm
Results hours: i7-9pn~
Info: 742-2927 ¯
Lambda Bowling League; ."
Sheridan Lanes
8:45 pm ¯
3121 S. Sheridan . :
TUESDAYS
Minister’s Class
Bless the .Lord at All
Times Christian Center
7:30 pm
2627-B East 1 ith
In/0:583-7815
HlV-g Support Group
HIVResource Consortium
1:30 pm
4154 S. Harvard,’Ste. H-1
Info: Wanda @ 749-4194
WEDNESDAYS
Authority OfThe Believer
Bible Study, 7 pm
MCC ofGreater Tulsa
1623 N. Maplewood
Info: 838-t715
Bless The Lord At All
Times Christian Center
Choir Practice 7
2627-B East llth
Call 583-7815 for inio.
PFLAG Family AIDS
Support Group
1st & 3rd Wednesdays
4154 S. Harvard
In/o: 749-4901
Family Of Faith MCC
Poduck 6:30 pm
Bible Study 7 pm
Choir Practice 8 pm
5451-E South Mingo,
Call 622-1441 for info.
THURSDAYS
16-Step Empowerment
¯ Group For Women
Community of Hope
¯ !703 E. 2nd, info: 585-1800
Co-Dependency
Support Group
¯ 7:30, Family of Faith MCC
¯ 5451÷E S. Mingo
¯ Call 622-1441 for Info. ..
: HIVTestingTOHRClinic
¯ Fr.ee & anonymous testing
¯ using fingerstick method.
¯ No appointment required.
¯ Walkin testing: 7 - 8:30pm
Results hours: 7 - 9pm
Info: 742-2927
Prayer Time
¯ MCC - Greater Tulsa, 7 pm
1623 N. Maplewood
In/o: 838-1715
Tulsa Family Chorale
¯ Weekly practice, 9:30 pm
Lola’s 2630 E. 15th
PFLAG Family AIDS
Support Group
1st & 3rd Thursdays
4154 S. Harvard
Info: 749-4901
¯
¯ SATURDAYS Narcotics Anonymous
¯ Meets weekly at 11 pm
¯ Confidential support for
recovering addicts.
¯ Community of.Hope
¯ 1703 E. 2nd, Info: 585-1800
NAMES Project
AIDS Memorial Quilt
Sewing Bees
3rd Sat. of each month
Info: 748-3111
MORE GROUPS
Gay & Lesbian Student
Association
TJC Southeast Campus,
Info: 631-7632
SWAN-Single Women’s
Activity Network
Call 832-2121
TOHR Helpline
Daily 8-10 pm
For info. or to volunteer:
743-GAYS
Tool Box Technicians,
Leather org.,
Info c/o Tile Tool Box:
584-1308-
T.U.L.S.A.
Tulsa Uniform &
Leather Seekers Assoc.
In!o: 838-1222
NOVEMBER 16-19
Broken Arrow Comnutnity Playhouse
Quilt - A A4usical Celet~ation
1800 So. Main, [nfo: 258-0077
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19; 26
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3, 10 & 17
Faith & Struggle Dialogue Group
Community of Hope United Methodist
4:30pm, 1703 E. 2nd (ongoing group) .
In/o: 585-1800
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21
Tulsa Oklahomansfor Human Rights
Monthly Board Meeting, 7 pm
Call for location., In/o: 743-4297
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22
Family ofFaith MCC,
Thanksgiving Service, 6:30 pm
5451-E S. Mingo, In/o: 622-1441
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26
Community ofHope
The Rev. Scott Sharp Preaches, 6 pm
1703 E. 2nd St., In/o: 585-1800
,TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28
Rainbow Business Guild, 7 pm
Mazzio’s at The-Farm Shopping Ctr~
Private Dining Room
Dinner Meeting, In/o: 665-5174
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29
WorldAIDS Day Panel."
A Tulsa Perspective, 7 pm
Aaronson Auditorium, Central Library,
In/o: 596-7977
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1
WOrMAIDS-Day March, 6:30 pm
Sharp Chapel, TU, Inio~. 438-2437
DECEMBER 1-2, 7-9
: Broken Arrow Community Playhouse
Androcles & the Lion, 8pm
1800 So. Main, hffo: 258-0077
DECEMBER 2, 9 & 10
Broken Arrow Community Playhouse
Androcles & the Lion, 2pm
1800 So. Main, Info: 258-0077
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3
Red Ribbon Treefest, 4 pm
Spotlight Theatre
1318 Riverside Dr.
In/o: 663-5372
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3
Prime Timers Monthly Meeting
Write for in/o: P.O. Box 52118, 74104
SUNDAY,IDECEMBER 3
Community ofHope
Bishop Dan Soloman & Jby Sblomon
Reception, 4 pm,Service, 6 pm
1703 E. 2nd St., Info: 585-1800
MONDAY, DECEMBER 4
Women, Children & AIDS Committee,
noon
1430 S. Boulder~ ~ollim!~R0~m
TUESDAY~~ DECEMBER 5
Making Sense ~HIV Prevention Group
Call for locadon & time.
In/o: Jason @ 742-2927
TUESDAY~ DECEMBER 5
AIDS Coalition ofTulsa
Gathering of the Evergreens, noon
1430 S. Boulder, Collins Room
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6
Womens Supper Club Dinner, 6:30 pm
Spaghetti Warehouse. 211 E. Brady
Info: 298-4648
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8
Tulsa Oldahomansfor Human Rights
Holiday Gathering. 7 pm
All Soul’s Unitarian, 2902 S. Peoria
In/o: 743-4297
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9
Dignity/Integrity Christmas Dinner
Lesbian/Gay Catholics & Episcopalians
6:30 pm, private home
Info: 298-4648
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10
Broken Arrow Community Playhouse
Auditions for The Lion in WMter
5pro, 1800 So. Main, Info: 258-0077
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10
Family ofFaith MCC "
Christmas Childrens’ Party, 5 pm
5451-E S. Mingo, In/o: 622-1441
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17
Family ofFaith MCC
:~ Christmas Concert & Silent Atwtion,
¯ 7:30 pm
¯ 5451-E S. Mingo
: Info: 622-144
: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24
¯ Family ofFaith MCC
¯ Christmas Eve Candlelight Service ¯
10 pro, 5451-E S, Mingo, Info: 622-
Out &About with JD
Here is anew section that will help you
keep abreast, of what’s going on with
Tulsa’s night life. Each month will feature
a local establishment and give you a
listing of what is happing through out the
month.
This month’s feature is an great little
bar on historic Whittier Square. Mosl
people have mistaken this bar for a an
exclusively Lesbian hideaway because of
the name,
BARRACUDA’S WILD NIGHTS, but it
is slowly becoming a great little show bar
and a nice stopping off point for a evening
.offun. Thefollowingmonthat Barracuda’s
~s just full of fun and benefits for the
OnNovember 17th, they will behaving
a benefit to help Interfaith Ministries of
Tulsain recognition of World AIDS Day;
December 1st. The evening will include
several different performers such as vocalist
Linda Rush, guitarist Harry Carroll,
entertainers suchas Sensuous, J.J. Gentrey,
Sugarbaker and many more. During the
beginning of December, Barracuda’s will
be hosting the first annual Ms. Whittier
Square please contact Ladonnafor further
information at 582-4340.
Over 0n.the east side, the gals at TNT’s
and Time’N’ Timehave got things going.
November 22, Time N Time is hosting a
Leather community meeting at 7:30. On
November 26, TNT’s will have a Carnival
at 8pm. December 10 TNT’s will have
a guest DJ at their annual Christmas Auction
for Needy Families. December 15,
Time N Time will have 5th Anniversary
Party. They also have a free brunch each
Sunday. Call for more information.
READALLABOUT IT
Reviewed by Barry Hensley
Tulsa City-County Library
In 1992, Dab Price made history by
launching a weekly, informational
newspaper column in the Detroit The phrase "...and
News. Hercommonsense say tl~~ to__-|°yce," "
approach to life is unusual lS
for a columnist only be- the o en repeated
cause Price is lesbian and
her column addresses life
experiences from a gay
perspective, The phrase
"...and say hi’ to Joyce,"
is the often repeated closing
line ofmany ofthe fan
letters she. receives and
refers to her longtime
partner, Joyce Murdoch.
This is the story ofhow
the columnbegan, includdosing
line of
many of the fan
letters she reeelves
& refers to her
longtlme partner,
Joyee Murdoeh,
ing the behind-the-scenesdiscussions and
ultimate decision to have this column in
Detroit’s"politically conservative" newspaper.
Predictably, after the colunm began,
some subscribers, outraged at the
column’s inclusion in a "family newspaper,"
canceled their subscriptions. The
number of cancellations, however, was
qnly a fraction of what had been anticipated.
The edffors stood firm, andnow the
columnis distributed nationwide, through
Gannett, the country’s largest newspaper
chain.
Much of the book consists of Price’s
columns, reprinted in their entirety, The
¯ wide variety of topics in the col~mm convey
her background as a journalist: poli-
¯ tiCS, religion, travel and history, but also
¯ love and relationships.Columm fltles in-
" clude "Gay Souls Find a True Sanctuary
in the Buckle of the Bible
Belt," "City Living Gay
Transplants Taking Root
in Smaller Places" and
"Ignorance is the Great-
-est Threat to Opening Up
the Military to Gays.’" It’s
interesting to read about
the thoughts and events
that go into deciding top-
¯its and the responses, in
person, by phone and
mail, from readers who
strongly agree or disagree
with the column. Many
lonely, closeted gays,
young and old, seem to
¯ find cause for optimism
in Price’s column and write her to express
¯ theirappreciation. Coming out stories and
¯ positive letters from parents, friends and ¯
politicians are all included. There are, of
¯ course, many negative letters reprinted as
well, which often ~ve keen examples of
where those oppo_sed to gay equality are
coming from.
¯ This is a very enjoyable book, filled
¯ with lo~c, usal31e advice and uplifting
~ stories, writtenby womenwho really have
¯ a way with words. Check for this book,
¯ and others on similar topics, at the Read-
. ers Services department, Central Library,
¯ 2nd floor, or call 596-7966.
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¯ GLAMA Honors Gay
...... And Lesbian Music
: by Lester Strong
"’It takes a particular kind of courage to
be an out musician. It takes a particular
~ kind of artist to express musically what is
¯ often silenced by either the outside world
¯ oravoice within ourselves that says some
~ things are meant not to be spoken."
: With these words, Dan Martin and
¯ Michael Biello, life partners and founders
: of the national gay music organization
: Outmusic, inaugurated the kickoff event
¯ -for the Gay/Lesbian American Music
Awards (GLAMA) intended to acknowledge
and honor the work of openly gay
and lesbian music artists. Held October 1
at The Supper Club in the heart of New
York City’s Theater District, "A Night of
GLAMA" was hosted by award-winning
playwright and actor Han,ey Fierstein
and :attended b,y a mix of:over 350 performers,
gaymusic supporters,and representatives
from the media and recording
companies like Atlantic Records.
GLAMA creator/producers Tom
McCormack and Michael Mitchell along
with the GL&MA advisory board are currently
in the process of defining-categoties,
eligibility, and nominating andjudging
procedures for the first annual performing
awards to be handed out next
year.
..............................
categories are likely to include the year’s
best female and male performers, best
group, best ori~nal song, and best recorded
performance byan "out" performer
or group. But this year’s event saw the
introduction of two" special awards, presented
to individuals well known on the
music scene for their long-standing contributions
to the cause of openly gay music.
The Michael Callen Medal of Achievement
was given to Cris Willi0ms0n, a
pioneer ofthe women’s musicmovement,
cofounder of Olivia Records, and strong
community supporter in her work with
pediatric AIDS groups, while the
Outmusic Award was presented to Boy
George, the British popmusic star known
the world over for his gender-bending
music and style of performance.
In the words of Bob Guccione, Jr.,
Editor/Publisher of Spin magazine, who
presented the Michael Callen Medal: "The
¯ Callen Medal is given to an individual,
~ group, organization, or business cormnit-
~ ted to the courageous and important work
¯ of engendering, nurturing, and furthering
i
gay/lesbian music. Tonight the Callen
Medal honors Cris Williamson, a singer/
songwriter who has Used her music and
: good works as beacons ofhope and inspi-
¯ ration for lesbian, gay, and nongay audi- ¯
ences for more than twenty years."
¯ The Outmusic Award honors recording
¯ artists, groups, or songwriters who have
advanced gay/lesbian music through their
work as out musicians. As presenter
: Me’scheli Ndegeocello, recording artist
¯ onMadorma’s Mavericklabel, stated about
~ Boy George: "The recipients’ steadfast
; co~nitment to speak openly and specifi-
~ e,ally to the gay and lesbian experience
¯ through music qualifies them for this ¯
award. GLAMA has chosen to give this
~ inaugural award to a man who from the
~ beginning of his career in the early eight-
- ies has consistently called into questaon
: society’s perceptio’ns of gender roles."
: Adds Michael Mitchell about both
¯ awards. "There arepeople in the commusee
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to openly gay and lesbi~an music.
They may not have a recordidg out this
year or be on the TopTen charts, but those
contributions deserve recognition. We
plan to present the Micha61 Callen Medal
and Outmusic Award on an annual basis:"
The diversity of music embraced by
GLAMA was indicated by the evening’s
entertainment. Performing were qtaeer
pnnkers Pansy Division, a cappella group
The Flirtations with their newest and first
woman meznber Suede, renegade folk/
rock band disappear fear with lead singer
Sonia Rutstein, and drag diva Joey Arias
"’channeling" Billie Holiday. Cris
Williamson sang a few of her ballads, and
Harvey Fierstein did a turn, performing
"This Is Not Going To Be Pretty" from his
newly released CD of the same name.
"A Night of GLAMA" was scheduled
to coincide with the opening of the
Outmusic 5th Annual Festival of Gay and
Lesbian Music, held each October in New
York City, and Manhattan Borough President
Ruth Messenger was.on hand to read
a proclamation officially designating October,
1995 as "Gay and Lesbian Music
Month" in New Y’ork. Outmusic dedicates
itself to creating opportunity for--
and increasing awareness of--lesbian and
gay composers, lyricists, performers,and
their supporters. GLAMA also espouses
those goals, but the two are organizationally
distinct.
October 6,1996, has already been set as
the date for next year’s First Annual GaU
Lesbian American Music Awards ceremony,
to be held again in New York. For
more information, contact McCormack
and Mitchell at 267 Fifth Avenue, Suite
801-49, New York, NY 10016; tel. 212-
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Enjoying the Momenff
by Pat Morehead
Now for something completely different....
where the hell did this snow come
from? Yesterday afternoon I was dodging
pecans inmy tee shirt as I tried to round up
leaves on my patio. Four hours later I was
towe!ing snow off the dog after his mid
evemng potty break. Oklahoma has to be
on.e ofweirdest places in the world weather
wise.
But the result this morning is unbeatable.
The entare north wall of my ’office’
looks out onto my patio and back yard.
Just beyond my monitor is a stretch of
shadowed blue and gray snow, then a
stretch of gleaming white-snow topped
and highlighted by brilliant golden yellow
leaves splattered across the trees in
the background which are interlaced with
swaths of cendean blue sky. It’s like one
ofthose images from the ubiquitous Christmas
Calendars.
Most of the time you look around Tulsa
and it all seems pretty blah, and that’s
being generous. Thenout ofnowhere some
little scene leaps out and you’re just
amazed at the accidental beat~ty. At least
I am. For me that accidenta] moment of.
something unique is the "JEEZ" moment.
The "JEEZ" moment is one of the best
things about Tulsa and life in general. _If
I’m waxing a bit too bucolic about the s,
please overlook my enthusiasm.
I want to enjoy this moment because
it’ll all get mined pretty quickly due to the
approaching holidays. No, I am not a
holiday grinch. But the COlrmiercial and
emotional overkill which I "know is coming
is about as offputting as anything you
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can imagine. And yes we will all get
sucked up into the holiday insanity. At
least most of us will.
My companion and I have reached that
stage where we can sit back and enjoy the
season in a relaxed low key fashion. We
put some real joint effort into a great meal
which we can enjoy in peace and quiet.
Then a .movie on tape which we have
purposefully avoiding renting until the
holidays. Occasionally we arejoined by a
couple of friends, people about whom we
really care. It may sound dull, but after
years of having dealt with crappy family
holiday discords, it is.shear bliss.
Christmas works pretty much the same
way. Naturally we do have to take care of
family recognition, but again we try and
keep that to a minimum. We start with the
presumption that someone is going to say
or do something stupid or hurtful. So we
give them as little opportunity as possible.
We have also reached the stage where
wecankeep the ’gifting’ to aminimum. In
fact we have already done most of that.
We replaced some aging furniture and
added a new TV as our Christma~ gifts for
our house. Part of the old furniture .went to
Goodwill and some directly to a friend
who could Use it. All that re~nains now is
finding that certain something special
~which will express the depth of love and
affection between us. No easy task let me
add.
[ "kno~v to you this probably seems about
as exciting ~s algebra. But for us it is a
refreshing break from all of the usual
turmoil, hurt feelings and anger which
have marked previous holiday seasons.
Answer tmtlffully, ho~v many of you are
already dreading the enforced family visitations?
Not to mention the other stuff
associated with the holidays which .you
really don’t want to be involved im but
feel compelled to do. "
I’ve developed a pretty simple approach
to life, which I offer as a recommendation.
ff there are people you don’t care for, and
who go out of their wav to make you
miserable, then avoid bei~g around them.
If there are situations whichget you crazy,
avoid them whenever you have the option.
If there is stuff that you really hate
doing (and which you don’t have to do to
live) just don’t-do it!
I used to waste a lot of time, energy and
fretting over doing stuff that I thought I
had to do even though I hated it. Gradually,
I have learned tha~ doing the right
!hing doesn’t mean doing what others
~mpose as "the right thing to do". Here’s
the secret. If you worry about what others
think, you’ll spend your entire life worrying.
If that sounds like the way to enjoy
life, more power to you, have ~t it!
As for me, I’ll sit here awhileqonger
with my coffee and enjoy the scene outsidemywindows.
The squirrels have come
out now. They are busy rooting_through
the snow and leaves looking those pecans
I dodged yesterday. The birds are hopping
through the snow looking for lord knows
what. The dog is lying here next to me
blissfully gnawing on his chew bone and
my companion / lover is messing around
in the "kitchen.. It’s a cozy pleasant Saturday
morning. Enjoy the holidays with the
people you really care about and who
really care about vou.
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Arlen Spitler WhO was I st runner-up tn Mr. Tulsa Leather
1995 & then Mr. Tulsa Leather 1995 is joined by Arnie
Holder. one ofthe event organizers.
:
: Leatherfolk enjoyed a bar tour as part of the wee’kend
¯ events.
Larry Everett. Mr. lnternationai Leati~er 1995, is caught
betweentwo ofTulsa’s ladies in leather, Viola Johnson &
Jill Carter while Larry’s partner. Leroy Ray, looks on.
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TULSA The Silver Star SalooninTulsa,
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4 as a standing room only crowd watched
Aden Spitler win the title of Mr. Oklahoma
Leather ’96.
Tulsa Uniform and Leather Seekers
Association (T.U.L.S.A.) president Arnie
Holder produced this year’s event, pooling
talent from the Technicians and Tribe
an auction mad special entertainment provided
by Carmen del Rio of NLA Dallas/
Dallas Eagle fame. As always, Carmen
brought the house down!
While contestants sweated out the results
backstage, IML Larry Everett, who
was also Mr. Oklahoma Leather ’95, gave
the traditional stepping aside address to
the crowd. Cash and prizes donated by
Excalibur.
International Mr. Leather
’95, Larry Everett, was Master
ofCeremonies, while the
judging panel included International
Mr. Drummer
David Walker, International
Ms. Leather ’94 Cindy
Bookout, International Mr.
Fantasy JD Buchert, Queen
of Kink Jill Carter, Fantasy
and Great Plains Drummer
co-producers Bob Ewing
and Dustin Logan and IML
Finalist Lance Brittain.
Look for Aden
to shine bright
in Chiea .o as he
wkeels his way
into town as
Oklahoma’s
offieial IML
preliminary
entry.
T.U.L.S.A., Leatherworks
by Johnna, Shades of Grey
Dallas, the Leather Rack
DC, Utica Tri’s, NY, Silver
Star Saloon, JD Images,
IML, Inc., Viola Johnson
valued atalmost $3000 were
readied as the five contestants
were brought back for
the final results. Second
Runner-up was Danny
Pelletier. First Runner-up
was Victor Reyes, and
crowd favorite, Arlen
Spitler, was given the
The weekend’s events began Friday
evening with a shuttle bus bar crawl, sampling
a wide variety of clubs throughout
the city. The tour ended up at the Silver
Star where judges and contestants were
introduced to the crowd and contestant
numbers were drawn.
Interviews were conducted Saturday
morning while the host cout~try and W~Stern
bar stage was transformedintoa.cruisy
alleyway for the much anticipated event.
Starti,ng on time (as well organized events
do) the contestants competedin Streetwear
with Speech, Swimwear and Full Leather
Image with a Random Question and Answer.
Entertwined with the contest were
winner’s sash.
Aden is an Assistive Technology Specialist
with special interests in Advocacy
and Fnndraising for Children with disabilities,
sports and gay and lesbian youth
issues. Aden was First Runner-up to IML
larry Everett at the Mr. Tulsa Leather
contest last year losing to him by only one
po_in~. He then took over_the tit.!e as Mr.
Tulsa ’95 after Larry went on tO win Mr.
Oklahoma Leather and IML, respectively.
Aden also won Mr. Barechest in Washington,
DC earlier this year. Look for
Aden to shine bright in Chicago as he
wheels his way into town as Oklahoma’s
official IML preliminary entry.
also offers no such protection.
Question 1 asked voters to limit "protected
classifications" in current and future
state and locai laws to ten specific
categories. The measure asked, "Do you
favor the changes in Maine law limiting
protected classifications in future, state
and local laws to race, color, sex, physical
and mental disability, religion, age, ancestry,
national origin, familial status, and
marital status, and repealing existing laws
which expand these classifications as proposed
by citizen petition?" The measure
effectively would have repealed two local
non-discrimination laws that include gay
people, and would have prohibited commumt~
es from passing such laws in the
future. Question 1 was written by Bruce
Fein, a right-wing lawyer based in Virginia,
to circumvent court decisions saying
that gays should not be singled out for
discrimination. Question 1 also would
haverepealed any anti-discrimination protections
in the state’s university and college
system, and gutted the state hate
crimes law by removing sexual orientation.
Unlike earlier anti-gay measures, the
language of Question 1 avoided mentioning
lesbian and gay people. The National
Gay & Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF)
"suggested that Question 1 was drafted to
be intentionally confusing. More than 70
state business, religious, educational and
political groups and leaders opposed the
measure, including the Catholic Diocese
of Maine. National extreme right groups
actively pushed for a"yes" vote on Quesuon
1. Bob Knight of the Family Research
Council toured the state calling on voters
to approve the measure, as did Beverly
LaHaye of Concerned Women for
America. Focus on the Family aired radio
advertisements in favor of the initiative.
A statement from the National Gay &
Lesbian Task Force noted, "’the victory
over Measure One offers us a tremendons
potential to seize the momentum and pass
a statewide non-discrimination law in
Maine. The law was recently introduced
in the state legislature by Dale McCormick.
Originally passed in 1993 but vetoed by
then conservative governor Kieman, the
bill can capture the new-fonnd awareness
of the extent of real discrimination and
persecution suffered by the gay and lesbian
citizens of Maine. Governor Angus
King, a huge supporter of the No On 1
campaign, is expected to sign such legislation."
NGLTF campaign consultant Susan
Hibbard, in the field in Maine, reports an
unparalleled grassroots educational and
visibility campaign in all 16 counties has
changed the way the state views its gay,
lesbian and bisexual citizens. NGLTF
added, "the isolation and fear of being
gay, especially in rural places, has been
altered by new-found and strengthened
visibility and support for gays and our
allies at the forefront of this battle. So -
many people came to our side to help.
They proclaimed, ’This issue brought me
out.’ Indeed, the ballot measure may have
even backfired against the?Radical Right.
Intended to push gays and lesbians back
into the closet, it instead galvanized us
and our supporters."
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ARIES, March 21, April 20
Not that you ever want people to boss you
around but, this month, even a sideways ..
glance from an authority fi.gure can send
your blood pressure soanng. You can
make great career progress now, especially
if you throw your energy into your
work instead of into fighting off every- :
imagined threat. Convert your anger into
passion, No, your lover really isn’t trying
to control you.
TAURUS, April 20 -May 21
Now is the perfect time to go new places,
learn new things and open up your views
of the world. You may be tempted to think
that nobody is as smart as you are. You
may be tempted to beat people over the
head with your opinions. YOU may even
be tempted to hire a lawyer to do the
beating for you; but don’t do it. The world
and its inhabitants are only trying to teach
you a thing or two.
GEMINI, May 21 - June 22
A month of crazed passion and deep desires.
Good news? Sure, if you work your
passions out in the bedroom, or in the
elevator on the way to work if that’s what
you prefer. The bad news? This is the vibe
that creates deep passion about everything
you share with others, from your
body to your bank account. Not a good
time to ask for a loan and if your parmer
picks fights over money, well, you "know
what to do.
CANCER, June 22 - July 23
You have been ’holding back grievances
for quite a while now, and this month
provides a great,opportunity to clear the
air. You’re energetic and assertive, and
the peopledoseto youmay wonderwhere
Cancer ever got the reputation of being
sweet, domestic and submissive. You’re
in a prime position to work hard with a
partner on a mutually satisfying goal.
Don’t waste the energies on pointless
conflict.
LEO, July 23- Aug. 23
Your discipli,n,e and self-control is amazing
and you 11 take great pride in the
amount of work you can accomplish.
You’d like it better if you got all the credit
for what you do, but your boss and your
coworkers are more
interested in taking
advantage of your
skills. Try to work
on your ownprojects
as much as you can;
and don’t hold back
on your frustrations
or your health may
suffer. If someone
steps on your paw,
go ahead and roar.
Sa~ittarlus - You also have
deep desires to_.buy
expensive, pointless, e¢o-
Cratffyln~ thlnCs...iyou
know that fast, red sports
ear won’t make you a better
person. Don’t you?
VIRGO, Aug. 23 - Sept. 23
This is the month for fun and games, and
your self-discipline will be at an all time
low. Existing relationships get a passionate
boost and you look particularly cute at
all the holiday parties, though the new
love interest youmeet now is likely to lose
your phone number for a month or two.
Have a good and pleasurable wallow tiffs
month and don’t feel guilty about it. You’ re
not reqmred to be dutiful and responsible
all the time. Really.
LIBRA, SepL 23- Oct. 23
Try to live by the saying,"A closed mouth
gathers no foot." It may s~emlike people
are trying to,pick fights ~ith you but, the
truth is, you re dredging:up old, unconscious
issues with deep roots in the past.
Unless you’re very conscious of whom
you’re dealing with, you’ll be prone to
saying silly things that have nothing to do
with the situations that really exist. Clean
out.your psyche, clean out your closets;
get rid of all the old junk. It’s time.
SCORPIO, Oct. 23 ~ Nov. 23
You’re always a very incisive communicator
but, this month, ~our words and
ideas have such intensily
that people
may quake in fear
when you pass
_judgement on the
weather. It’s a good
month to sell )’ourself
and );our ideas
because you will impress
everyone with
your intellectual
power. An equally
good month to start learning about something
new. Just try to avoid the tendency
to be argumentative mfiess a real, serious
issue is at Stake.
SAGITTARIUS, Nov. 23-Dec. 22
You’re obsessed with money and possessions,
a very weird feeling for someone
who likes to’travel as fast and light as you
ordinarily do. You have plenty of energy
and motivation to work hard for what you
want. You also have deep desires to throw
your monex around and buy expensive,
pointless, ~go-gratifying things. Staple
)’our money to the inSide of your pockets;
you know that fast, red sports car won’t
make you a beuer person. Don’t you?
CAPRICORN, Dec. 22- Jan. 21
This is a very positive time for resolving
old problems and accomplishing new
goals. Does that sound too good to be
true? Of course it does. You’re a Capricorn,
and that means you’re cosmically
required to be cynical and suspicious.
You also want to know how long it will
last, don’t you? Two months. Spend December
and J,anua~,,y going hardafter what
you want and you 11 get it. You even get to
set the terms. This is good. Lighten up
already!
AQUARIUS, Jan. 21 - Feb. 20
Aquarians are famous for two things: a
great capacity for friendship and humanitarian
impulses, and a great tendency to
do weird things that shock other people.
You’ll have to use one trait to overcome
the other this month. You seem te create
the wrong impression every time you open
your mouth and your ego can suffer as a
result. Hide out in the basement and invent
something, or throw your energies
into a good, whale saving cause.
PISCES, Feb. 20 - March 21
Youare read), to make the plans today that
will improve your life tomorrow. You
also need to actually do something to put
your goals in motion. Don’ t let your natural
optimism degenerate into an, "Oh,
well. It will all work out somehow,"frame
of mind. You’ll need a little help from
your friends to make things work out in
your favor. If you don’t already have a
supportive group of friends and collaborators,
go out and find them.
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""The thing that really sold us on the
place was the bumper stickers!" Such
was the main selling point for Linda and
Susan, two of Eureka Springs" newest
residents. A recent influx of new lesbians
in town has added to the already substantial
lesbigay population here. The reasons
for their relocation adventures were many,
but all resounded with a single, "I’m supposed
to be here," when it came right
down to it.
Linda had the most unusual answer to
the question about the defining moment in
the decision-malting process: "We’d studied
subsoils, studied taxes, studied temperatures,
organic growing seasons, all
this stuff. And basically, it boiled down to
thebumper stickers." Such is life in smalltown
middle America.
With between 30 and 40% of our population
being gay and lesbian, we live in a
bit of utopia here, but you’ve heard that
before. Wqay did all these new women
move here? Why did they choose Eureka
Springs, a small Victorian town in the
heart of the Bible Belt? And more to the
point, what keeps them here?
"’I was called by the Universe." So says
Rev. KermieWohlenhaus, pastor ofMCC
of the laving Spring. "I was looking for a
placewith spiritual diversity...The:e is so
much life here...It was really st irittm]
diversity versus conservatism.’"
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lots of gays and lesbians. We have lots of
fundamentalist: Christians. We have numerous
artists of one type or another. We
have quaint Victorian homes, and wehave
large developed music theatres. Preservauonists
abound, yet so do the developers.
It’s a wonderful contrast of opposites.
Linda points out, "...there is a really
high creative genius here. There is an
artist~,,c genius here, ajoy and bliss that we
felt... Linda and susan]ust recently relocated
from Wash. State via New Jersey.
Connie and B~ili~ re......
eei~tly movedbere from
Tucson and San Diego
by way of Mountain
Home, Arkansas. Billie
notes,"I read an article
in the papers about what
the percentage of the
population is in Eureka
Springs that’s gay, and
it’s a pretty large percentage
for a small
town, like one third of the population. I
thought, Yeah, that’s wonderful. Finally,
a place where you don’t have to hide."
Susanechoed that feeling,"There’s ahigh
population of gays and lesbians here, and
it feels like you’re really welcome." When
asked about the diversity m lifestyle
choices and religious viewpoints in our
town, Connie had this to sav: "My philosophy
has ahvays been mrre inclusive
than exclusive of any group of people....I
love the diversity here."
I am one of those relativenewcomers to
How come they can have
Jesus on East Mountain...
The Great Passion Play,
such a high percentage of
~ueeTts,
& still all ~et alon~?
.:F~k.a Springs,just now approachingmy
~ne-y~ar anniversary of packing up my
parmer, myself, our pets and belongings
and making thejourney from the Western
slope of Colorado. One of my main reasons
for wanting to make the move was
that I wanted to see why it works here. 1
remember talking to a friend and saying
something like,"How come they can haye
Jesus on East Mountain, and The Great
Passion Play, such a high percentage of
queers, and still all get along?" Sometimes,
I still wonder.
But, I can tell you this:
it really does work. I
attribute much of that
working to the balance
here. It would be difficult
to ignore the importance
of such alarge
percentageofthe population,
if not in public
issues, at the very least,
in terms of economics.
All of the women that were interviewed
specifically for this article had heard about
Eureka Springs from other people and had
visited prior to deciding to make the move.
So, I would suggest that you be aware of
this when visiting the place we call "’the
hole the buckle goes through in the Bible
Belt." After all, of the 16 or so new women
in town, not one felt she really had a
choice but to move here after visiting on
vacation orjust passing through. There is
a real magnetism here.
But, be ready for a shock, as Billie puts
it: "It’s almost too comfortable here. It’s
almost too safe here, and we son,crimes
forget that there still is a fight out thcre.
: There is still work to be done.’"
Connie tempers this observation with
one of her own: "...one of Eureka Spnngs"
strongest virtues is I have yet to run into
: apathetic people. They are very involved
¯ in their community, and whether I am in
¯ agreement with them and what they want
~ to seein terms of the future of the commu-
¯ nity is actually rather irrelevant."
I tend to agree with Conme On this one.
¯" Eureka has a population, of just under
: 2,000. Nowhere else have I seen so many
unique individuals, each doing his or her
own thing, respecting other people’s right
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African Americans
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Human Rights Campaign
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Joyce Murdoch
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Log Cabin Republicans
Making Sense
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Metropolitan Community Church of Greater Tulsa
Mr. Oklahoma Leather
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Serving Tulsa’s Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual Communities - Our Families of the Heart
Lesb, ian Couple
Appl=es for Tulsa
Marriage License
TULSA, OK - Kharma Amos & Debbie
Harding raised eyebrows and awareness
with their application for a marriage license
at the Tulsa County Courthouse.
AccompaniedbyTulsaFamily News publisher,
TomNeal andreporters from channels
2, 6 & 8 as well as radio KVOO,
KRMG and The Tulsa World, the two
women presented their blood tests and
requestedamarriagelicense. TulsaCounty
Clerk staffrefused the application, stating
that Oklahoma statutes limit marriage to
opposite gender couples.
see License, page 5
Black & White Inc,
Dining & Dancing
For Charity Dollars
TULSA, OK - Black & White Charities,
Inc. will again throw the parties of the
summer, all to raise funds for worthy
community charities. This year’s event
will gather dollars to benefit Project Open
Mind of Parents, Friends & Family of
Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG), The HIV
Resource Consortium and Tulsa’s Lesbian/
Gay Community Center project.
Project Open Mind is a public education
media campaign by PFLAG National
See Black & White, page 5
Britain May End Military
Ban on Lesbians & Gays
LONDON - The London Telegraph
reports that Britain’s ban
against homosexuals, in the
country’s armed forces, just upheld
by Great Britain’s High
Court, appears to be headed toward
an end nonetheless.
According to the paper, Armed
Forces Minister Nicholas
Soames has recommended to
Defense Secretary Malcolm
Rifkind that an independent
panel review the policy andwork
out some "compromise" of the
outright ban currently in place.
The Telegraph quoted an unnamed
senior Defense Ministry
source as saying, "Although in
theory the team wil!~ start with a
blank sheet, it will be the means
b~ which a compromise is
achieved. We need a way out of
this, mad commissioning the
smdy is the way.A possible com~
promise would be to end the ban
in support areas but mainiain it
where service personnel are operating
in close confines and in
dangerous circumstances." Defense
Ministry officials apparently
feel that the complete ban
against gays and lesbians in the
armed forces is no longer sustainable.
In June, the High Court upheld
the ban, but even so the
justices expressed discomfort
with the prohibition. "’It seems to
See British. page 10
OKC Parade, Tulsa
PhotoS: JD Jamett & Tom Neal
Rainbow Village
Housing for PLWA’s
TULSA, OK - Over 40 people worshiped,
planted a tree and worked in the
sweltering Oklahoma sturtmer heat to get
Rainbow Village, a 60+ year old house
ready for its first residents
Saturday, July 8 was the final"work
day" for volunteers, Lesbian, Gay, Bi and
Straight, who came together under the
leadership of volunteer co-ordinator,
see Village, page 5
Supreme Court Rains
on Boston’s Parade
WASHINGTON - The U.S.
Supreme Court has rnled that
private organizations that hold
parades have a constitutional
fight to exclude any group they
want to from participating in the
event.
In a setback for gay and lesbian
rights activists, the unanimous
decision ruled that organizers
of private parades are allowed
under the Constitution’s
free speech guarantees of the
First ,amaendment to keep any
.group they wantfrom participating
m a parade. The decision
insists that parades are inherently
a form of free expression
and that states cannot require
sponsors to alter their message
by including any group thatwants
to participate.
The case the cottrt ru!ed on
started in !992 when the Irish-
American Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual
Group of Boston was refused
permission to march in the
£1ty’s annnal St. Patrick’s’ Day
Parade.
The Supreme Court’s ruling
on Monday, June 19, overturned
the lower court decisions, saying
that the veterans have the
right to select parade contingents
and to determine whether each
unit’s message is ]n agreement
with theoverall theme and aims
of the parade.
See Boston, page 10
July 15 - August 14, 1995, Volume,2, Issue 8
& Muskogee0 Pride
Green Country Human Rights League
TOHR Follies Draw
Crowd & Net $1700+
Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights
(TOHR) held its 15th Follies, a volunteer
revue to raise fnnds for the human rights
organization, see TOHR Reporter, page 8
Task Force Endorses
Proposed Anti-Bias Law
WASHINGTON-The National
Gay & Lesbian Task Force released
the following statement
about the re-introduction of proposed
legislation barring dis-
’crimination in the workplace
based on sexual orientation.
The statement is attributed to
Melinda Paras, NGLTF’s executive
director, "On behalf of the
National Gay and Lesbian Task
Force, I am pleased to endorse
the Emp!oyment Non-Discrimination
Act (ENDA) of 1995. The
bill would ban employment discrinnnation
onthe basis of sexual
orientation. Such a measure
would permit all Americans to
work without regard to sexual
orientation.’"
"This long overdue legislation
would make illegal the discfinfination
present in the lives of
Americans everyday. The fight
to work is the co’rne~stone of the
American dream., yet far too
many hard working people are
refused work, fired, or harassed
because of theirperceived sexual
orientation.’"
"Sexual orientation does not
effect a person’s ability to contribute
in the workplace yet gay,
lesbian, and bisexual people continue
to be’isolated, stigmatized
and persecuted in and out of the
workplace. Without this measure,
the threat of legal discrimi-
See Task Force, page lO
New Community
Group Organizing
TULSA, OK - FIGHT FOR YOUR
RIGHTS - A community meetingfor Civil
Rights for Lesbians and Gays, was held
on Thtirsday, June 29 and attracted over
25 community activists to discuss the
stalled City of Tulsa HumanRights Committee
Report on Civil Rights based on
sexual orientation and more.
The gathering was remarkable for havingmuchmorediverse
representation than
is typical a.t meetings ofTulsa community
orgamzataons. Women and men were
nearly equally represented and members
ofFUSO, Tulsa’s African-American men’s
group and several Tulsa’s Lesbian/Gay~
Bi youth attended as well.
The purpose of the forum was to create
.a venue wh.ere representatives from exist~
mg orgamzauons and members of the
Gay/Lesbian community at large could
meet to discuss publically goals and strategies
for the communities. Several action
areas emerged and participants volunteered
according to their interests. These
sub-committees included: political action
organizing (contact: Laurie Cooper),
speakers bureau (contact: Tom Neal),
youth issues (contact: Thomas Knott &
John Ayers) as well as several others:
These meetings are open to all who
share these goals. The next meeung is
July 20.7pro also at the Central Library.
For more information, call 838-2121.
Incident at White House
Prom pts Official Apology
WASHINGTON - The \Vhite
House issued a letter from President
Clinton addressed to the 45
gay and lesbian officials who
had attended ameeting with high
level administration officials at
the Executive Offices in June,
The Clinton letter apologized for
what the president called "inappropriate
and insensitive treatment"
after White House guards
put on blue rubber gloves ~o admit
the guests.
Althoughit was somewhat tarnished
and overshadowed by the
glove flap, the meeting with administration
officials was an
unprecedented occasion. With
nearly half the country’ s elected
openly gay officials there, it was
the first time such a delegation
had been invited to the White
House to meet with top adininistration
officials President
Clinton himself was not present.
The 4-hour private discussion
included Housing Sec. Henry
Cisneros, Health & Human Services
Sec. Donna Shalala, White
House Counsel Abner Mikva,
and Clinton aide G~orge
Stephanopoulos. Officials promised
support for many issues but
said that change is slow.
Aside from the glove flap, gay
and lesbians leaders expressed
disappointment with the administration’s
failure to stand up
see White House, page 3
Safe Space on the
Internet for Gay Youth
by Chris Thomas
OutNOW.t- San Jose, California
The "Dmnien Starr case" has
called attention to some of the
pitfalls awaiting teenagers who
use computer networks to communicate
with faceles s strangers
around the world. For a young
person beginning to question
their sexual orientauon, such
anonymity can sometimes be a
liberating factor. Butcyberspace
is filled with diversions and traps
that can engulfa naive net- surfer,
and the challenge is to find those
spots which offer genuine help
and safety. One such place is the
Youth Assistance Organization,
see Youth Net. page 3
INSIDE LETTERS, PAGE 2
DIRECTORY, PAGE 2
NEWS BRIEFS, PAGE 4
HEALTH BRIEFS, PAGE 6
CALENDAR, PAGE 9
FINANCES, PAGE 12
HOROSCOPES, PAGE 12
PERSONALS, PAGE 15
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Carbon Copy: S. Savage
200 Civic Center
Tulsa OK 74103
Mayor Savage:
Let me take the opportunity to.
introduce myself. My name is
Timothy J. Miller, & I am representing
myself along with many
others like myself in not only
Tulsa, but the metropolitan area.
In the past I have worked for a
very prominent Tulsa family in
the property management fields
as Director of Administration,
successfully managed a .distinguished
apartment community,.
& am currently a manager for a
large regional restaurant chain. I
consider myself to be fair, openminded,
& objective.
I am writing as a concerned
constituent, & feel I am not being
fully represented in City
.Government. About 5 to 6
months ago, a report was sent to
youwith recommendations dealing
with the Civil Rights of Lesbians
& Gays: As of yet, I have
seehlittle response to tiffs report,
not onlyby the City Council, but
the Mayor’ s office as well It is
time to see these issues as critical.
Executive orders must be
given to ban discri.mination of
any kind, including sexual orientation,
pertaining to city hirragas
well as those aireaay employed
by the city, including the
police & fire departments. The
time has also come to add the
words "sexual orientation" to our
human fights ordinance. I believe
this measure would easily
pass with you actively supporting
the issue.
With your active support of
these issues, I believe that not
only would Tulsa benefiL but
the metropolitan area as well.
.Othercity governments seeTulsa
as a guiding light. It is time tbr
Tulsa to move boldly ahead &
become the forenmn~r it has always
been.
Timothy J Miller
The Savage response:
Dear Mr. Miller:
Thankyoufor your letter about
the recommendations from the
Human Rights Commission. As
you may know under the terms
of the Tulsa City Charter all
changes to the ordinance must
be approved by the council.
Members of the Sexual Orientation
Committee of the Human
Rights Commission who have
spoken to council members do
not share your belief that the
changes would pass easily.
see next col. below Youth Speak
Youth Speak Out on Bias
All cultures or groups of
people have a stereotype. We’ ve
all heard how Blacks are lazy;
Jews are stingy; Women are too
emotional; and. especially how
Gays are perverts or pansies.
Well, while in some cases these
may betrue, not everyone is like
that.
Stereotypes help perpetuate a
negative image. The images everyone
gets, even some Gays,
persuade them to avoid the fact
that we a re all human. We, as a
group, need to form a bond and
stick together, helping each
other.
Something that the Gay youth
needs to understand is that they
can be anyone they want to be.
Anyone can be feminine or masculine;’
male or female; just as
long as they have a mentor gniding
them, giving sports tips,
make-up tips & mainly emotional
support.
The main point is ~that we are
all a diverse group of people, &
this is why we need’ to value our
friends & family; yet not base
our lives on stereotypes alone...
Thomas Knott,
A.K.A. Terra Starr
Editor’s note: Thomas is a
youth activist in Tulsa.
Selective ID’ing at Bars?
As a semi-regular patron ofall
Tulsa bars, itbothers me greatly
that "selective carding" still
seems exists in 1995. I have no
problem at all producing my
driver’s license when asked to
do so, but I feel (out Of respect)
that all members ofmy party be
asked to do so. Furthermore, as a
courtesy to all bar patrons, everyone
should be required to
show identification.
There are times that I have
seen people who I know are underage
allowed into bars without
showing ID while I have
been asked to show mine. It really
angers me to be told by a
doorperson that "He looks 21 &
you don’t." Could you please
tell me what a 21-year-old looks
like?
It is my hope that this letter
will bring an important issue to
the eyes of barmanagers &owners
before it gets out of hand.
Sincerely, K. Green
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Theexisting City ofTulsapersounel
policies specifically ban
discrimination & encourage all
hiring to be on the basis ofmerit.
Our 4000 employees are a diverse
representative group &we
work diligently to encourage an
accepting workplace.
M. Susan Savage, Mayor
Editor’s note: the Mayor implies
current city policies provideprotections
basedon sexual
orientation - they do not do so.
Personnel policies do not require
action by the City Council
butcan bechangedby the Mayor.
Or at least that is what many right wing activists claim, and can we
blame them? being gay certainly is not immoral, however the Gay
community could definitely stand some xmprovement.
Take for instance Riverside drive, almost every night one can spot
at least three or four different men cruising the walk for a one night
trick. I have even had the unfortunate experience of seeing two men
engaged in sex with one another right there in the mens room. This
hardly speaks well for the commumty.
And how many men find themselves employing the term "fish"
when in reference to women. A lack of sexual attraction is not just
cause for such vile disrespect. Sexism isjust as wrong as homophobia,
yet it appears to be more prevalent in the Gay community than in the
general community.
Hear any good racist jokes recently? I have and they are absolutely
disgusting. I think that it is apalling that one can rant and rave about
how they want equal rights, and then make racial slurs that would put
KKK members to shame.
Members of our community are constantly demanding equal rights
for themselves, but it is very rare to see a Gay-or Bisexual male take
a strong and firm stand againstsexism; or to see someone who is white
stand up and fight racial predjudice And the thing that d~fines Gay
men is not tricking in the bathrooms of Riverside. If we don’ t want
critism from the general public, then we shouldn’ tgive them anything
to criticize in the first place. "It is hard to give respect to someone who
does not return it to others." - John Ayers
Tulsa Clubs & Restaurants
*Bad Boys Club, 1229 S. Memorial 835-5083
*Wild Nights, 2405 E. Admiral 582-4340
*Concessions, 3340 S. Peoria 744-0896
*Lola’s, 2630 E. 15th 749-1563
*Silver Star Saloon, 1565 Sheridan 834-4234
*Renegades, 1649 S. Main 585-3405
*TNT~ s, 2114 S. Memorial 660-0856
*Time n’Time Again, 1515 S. Memorial 664-8299
*Tool Box, 1338 E. 3rd 584-!308
*Whittier Cafe, 416.S. Lewis 582-2400
*Interurban, 717 S. Houston 585-3134
Tulsa Businesses, Services, & Professionals
Associates in Medical & Mental Health, 1560 E. 21 743-1000
Kent Balch & Associates, Health & Life Insurance 747-9506
*Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 8620 E. 71 250-5034
Brookside Jewelry, 4649 So. Peoria 74325272
Budget Window Treatments, 7116 So. Mingo, Ste. 102 254-2100
*Columbia Place, 1519 E. 15 587-5803
Creative Collection, 1521 E: 15 592-1521
Cherry St. Psychotherapy Assoc. 1515 S. Lewis 581-0902, 743-4117
Tim Daniel, Attorney 352-9504, 800-742-9468
*Devena’ s Gallery for Photography, 13 E. Brady 587-2611
*Elite Books & Videos, 821 S. Sheridan 838-8503
Fidelity Home Health Care, Inc. Coweta 486-1174
Leaune M. Gross, Financial Planning 744-0102
*Heirloom Designs, 2814 E. 15 742-5665
*Sandra J. Hill, MS, Psychotheral~y, 2865 E. Skelly 745-1111
*Imaginations, Lincoln Plaza, 15th & Peoria 584-4606
International Tours 341-6866
Ken’s Flowers, 1635 E. 15 599-8070
Kelly Kirby, CPA, POB 14011, 74159 747--5466
Loup-Garou, 2747 E. 15 742-1992
Major Affairs 587-8108
Massoud’s Jewlery, The Farm, 51st & Sheridan 663-4884
*Midtown Theater, 319 E. 3 584-3112
*Mohawk Music, 6157 E 51 P1 664-2951
*Mohawk Pride Center, 3910 Park .Rd. 425- !354
Mortgages by Design 342-4252
Pounds & Francs, 1706 S. Boston 587-8333
Puppy Pause II, l lth & Mingo 838-7626
Royal Travel, 6927 S. Canton 496-2410
*Ross Edward Salon, 1438 S. Boston 584-0337
*Scribnef s Bookstore, 1942 UticaSquare 749-6301
Southwest Viatical, 4146 S. Harvard, Ste. F-5 747-3322
*Tomfoolery, 1565 S Sheridan 832-0233
Westcopa Salon, Lincoln Plaza 583-1500
Tulsa Organizations, Churches, & Universities
*Bless The Lord At All Times Cluistian Ctr. 2627B E. 11 628-0594
B/L!G Alliance, University of Tulsa 583-9780
*Canterbury Ministry Center, University of Tulsa 583-9780
*Chapman Student Center, University of Tulsa
*Community of Hope, 1347 N. Yale 838-7232
Dignity/Integrity 298-4648
*Family of Faith MCC, 5451-E So. Mingo 622-1441
Friend8 in Unity, POB 8542, 74101 425-4905
Interfaith AIDS Ministries 438-2437, 800-284-2437
*MCC of Greater Tulsa, 1623 N. Maplewood 838-1715
*HIV Resource Consortium, 4154 S. Harvard, Ste. H:I 749-4194
NAMES PROJECT, 4154 S. Harvard, Ste. H-1 748-3111
P-FLAG, POB 52800 74152 749-4901
Prime-Timers, P:O, Box 52118 74128
R.A.I.N., Regional AIDS Interfaith Network 749-4195
Rainbow Business Guild 254-2100
Rainbdw Village, POB 50403, 74150-0403 599-8423
Save the Nation, Indian Health Care 584-4983
Shanti Hotline 749-7898
TulsaOklahomans for HumanRights, (TOHR) POB 52729 74152
TOHR Gay HelpLine (Info.) 743-4297
T.U.L.S.A. Tulsa Uniform/Leather Seekers Assoc. 838-1222
*Tulsa City Hall, Cafeteria Vestibule, Ground Floor
*University Center at Tulsa
DeVito’s Restaurant, 5 Center St.
*Emerald Rainbow, 45&1/2 Spring St.
~King’s Hi-Way, 96 Kings Highway, Hwy. 62W
*Purple Iris Inn, Route 6, Box 339
*Southern Rose Bed & Breakfast, 9 Benton
*The Woods, 50 Wall St.
501-253-6807
501-253-5445
800-231-1442
501-253-8748
501-253-2204
501-253-8281
*The Diner, 2124 NW 39th
*Jungle Red, The Habana Inn
*Oasis Community Center, 2135 NW 39th
*Triangle Associaiion, 2136 NW 39tb
405-528-5133
405-524-5733
405-525-2437
~ q5-843-8378
White House cont’di omp. I
for several gay rights issues and bluntly
warned that millions of gay voters ~ay sit
out the next election unless the predident
takes concrete steps to show his support.
"We’re saying, give us areason to go back
and have our people vote for you," said
SanFrancisco Supervisor Susan Leal, who
organized the meeting."
Nearly an hour of the meeting time
involved a"heated dialogue" with Mikva
about the Clinton administration’s decision
earlier in June not to join in a legal
challenge of a Colorado anti-gay rights
measure now up for review by the U.S.
Supreme Court. The measure bans laws
and policies designedto protect homosexuals
from discrimination.
Bruce Lehman, commissioner of the
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and
one ofthe Clinton admini stration’ s openly
gay officials, said he had urged the White
House to attack the Colorado measure.
Even¯ so, Lehman said, the meeting itself
was "just another one of the many firsts"
in the Clinton administration that benefit
the gay and lesbian community. Meanwhile,
the White House announced that it
had appointed Marsha Scott - a close
Clinton associate - to a new, first-ever
post as liaison to the gay community.
White House officials were both embarrassed
and exasperated by the glove¯
incident that marred the first-ever "goodwill"
meeting June 13 with the gay and
lesbian officials from around the country
at a time when President Clinton’s standing
among gays and lesbians is probably
lower than it has ever been.
~ Eljay Bowron, director of the Secret
5ev¢i~c~, apologized for a "regrettable"
mistake when _guards blue rubber gloves
to allow the delegation in for the meeting.
Bowron said AIDS education efforts in
the agency would be stepped up.
The guards put on the gloves after they
learned the gay group was scheduled to
pass through ~the eastern entrance of the
White House. Oregon state Rep. George
Eighmey later said a guard had told him,
when asked why the guards wore gloves,
that they were wearing them "to protect
ourselves" - apparently from HIV.
Reaction among the lesbian and gay
officials attending theWhite Housemeetrag,
which actually took place at the ExecutiveOfficenearby,
ranged frompolitical
perplexity to livid outrage. "It’s a
mixed bag,’" said Susan Leal, a county
supervisor from San Francisco, who
helped to arrange the meeting. She said
having the meeting with top-level administration
officials was a breakthrough in
itself, but added that she wasn’t overwhelmed
by any concrete results.
Tom Ammiano, another San Francisco
supervisor attending the .meeting, was
more blunt: "If the Clinton administration
can’t take care of its own people, if its
level of understanding is so low, how can
they take care of us? I’ve lost my own
lover to AIDS, and this is one of the
basest, ignorant, homophobic reaction to
AIDS I can imagine. A first-grader will
tell you that you’re not going to get AIDS
by putting someone’s camera through a
metal detector...."
Pride-Photos
The Rev. Leslie Penrose, Brad Mulholland & volunteers plant
a tree to honor the memory ofRainbow Villagefounder, Mark
Vickers. Photo: Neal
Metropolitan Community Church ofGreater Tulsa booth at
Tulsa’s Pride Picnic in Mohawk Park. Photo: JD Jamett
Family ofFaith Metropolitan Community Church at the statewide
Lesbian/Gay Pride Parade in Oklahoma City.
Photo: Neal
Black & White Charities, Inc. booth at Tulsa’s Lesbian/Gay
Pride Picnic in Mohawk Park. Photo: JDJamett
Youth Net cont’dfromp. 1
a group with several Bay Area connections.
"We give youth questioning their sexuality
an option; rather than run away to a
city hoping to find others like themselves,
youth will have a safe place to turn to one
another," says Christian Williams, 19, a
co-founder ofYAOand a student intern at
SunMierosystems Inc. in Mountain View.
YAO, which also goes by the name
"youth.org" for its Intemet site, went online
in February with the donation ofthree
computer workstations from Sun.
YAO didn’thappen over mght; it was a
project long envisioned by co-founder
Reid Fishler, 19, owner of Long Island
Information Inc.,. a New York-based
Intemet services provider. "We are special
because of one thing," says Fishler.
"We are teens helping teens. We are not
adults who have decided that we should
"give some thing back to the community’;
we are teens who have all made it through
or are making it through, life as a gay,
lesbian, or bisexual teenager."
While recent media focus has been on
the negative aspects of what can happen
when gay youth roam the Internet, people
at YAO see a positive side to all the
attention.
"We feel such incidents only reinforce
theimportance of services like ours," says
Williams. "For youth who have been abandoned
by their families or, worse, thrown
out for who they are, YAO can serve as
both aresource ofagencies and services to
turn to for help, as an alternative to the
streets, and as a place to receive the emotional
healing and support - the understanding
that comes from another .young
pelson."
Many of the YAO volunteers are involved
in other safe spaces for gay teens
on the Internet. Mary L. Gray, 25, is a
graduate student at San Francisco State
University and is a co-moderator of the
Usenetnewsgroup soc.support.youth.gaylesbian-
bi, which was formed in 1994
following the largest vote ever in support
of a new newsgroup in the more than 10-
year history of Usenet.
Fishier, Williams, and others also moderate
areal-time Relay Chat channel called
#gayteen. The channel is moderated to
ensure that "’net sex" doesn’t take place,
and that it remains asafe place for gay and
questioning youth. Over 500 us’ers have
registered on the channel, which is protectedby
several "bots," automatons which
help enforce the policies of the elaannel
and keep undesirable or disruptive individuals
from violating the space.
And YAO is teaming up with other gay
youth groups to make evenmore resources
available. OutProud is a San Jose based
youth service which recently established
an Internet presence after two years on
America Online. The group has developed
a database of over 3,500 contacts for
gay and questioning youth, and YAO has
indexed the database and made it availsee
Youth Net, page 13
Open Arms
Open Minds
Open Hearts
Saint Aidan’s
4045 No. Cincinnati, 425-7882
Saint John’s
4200 So. Atlanta PI., 742-7381
Trinity
501 So. Cincinnati, 582-4128
The Episcopal Church
Welcomes You
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Anti-Bias Law in Florida
PT. LAUDERDALE Following
a heated 5-hour Broward
County Commission meeting,
the body voted to adopt an antibias
measure prohibiting discrimination
based on sexual orientation
in the county by a 6-1
margin. Anti-gay fundamentalists
immediately said they would
launch an effort to gatherenough
signatures to repeal the ordinance.
Britain’s Ch. 4 -
Premieres ’Dyke TV’
LONDON - The chief executive
of Britain’s Channel 4 TV,
Michael Grade, has defended the
station’s increasingly controversial
lineup ofprogramming after
it premiered the latest in a string
of programs dealing with sexual
issues that culminated in mid-
June with the debut of "Dyke
TV.’" a 15 hour-long late-night
show specifically aimed at the
country’s lesbian community.
Grade denied charges that the
independent network was prorooting
pornography or appealmgto
prurient interests inlaunchlug
the programs and said it was
all part of the station’s responsibility
to "’reflect society."
"’People are fascinated by sex,"
Grade said. "’It’s a question of
whether you take a healthy interes~
mad explore that in a seriousminded
way, or whether you do
it in an unhealthy way, which is
to exploit people."
Technicality Allows
2 BritishWomento Wed
IJONDON - The London tabloid
The People has reported on
what it called the country’s first
sanae-sex marriage sched’uled for
Junc 28
The paper reported that t’he
marriage between Tracie-Mme
Scott mad Tina-Louise Dixon was
possible because Scott, a former
merchant semnan mad the father
of 3 children, is still technically
male under British regulations -
even though he has had a sexchange
operation.
Victory Fund Gets New
Chief Announced
WAStllNGTON David
Clarenbach, a former Wisconsin
state representative who held a
seat in the state legislature for 9
tcrms, has been named to repl
acc William Waybourn as exc~
tivc director of the Gay &
Lcsbian Victory Fund.
In a press statement,
C arenbach said "One of my
goals as to bring an outsxde-the-
B’eltway wake-up call to the
nation’s .capitol. The rest of the
country is way ahead of Washington
in recognizing the contributions
of gay and lesbian citizeus.
In a related matter, the Gay &
Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
(GLAAD) announced
that Waybourn had joined the
mediawatchdog group as its new
managing director.
Lesbian Launches
Mayoral Bid
SAN FRANCISCO - Roberta
Achtenberg, who left a post as
undersecretary for civil rights in
the Department of Housing and
Urban Development in the
Clinton Administration earlier
this year, officially launched her
campaign to become the first
openly gay mayor of San Francisco.
Achtenberg, a lesbian rights
attorney and former county supervisor,
faces an uphill battle in
a crowded fidd that includes incumbent
Mayor Frank Jordan
andformer CaliforniaAssembly
Speaker Willie Brown, perhaps
the state’s most influential
Democrat.
"She will be the first lesbian
big-city mayor in the country,"
said Christine Kehoe, a San Diego
city councilwoman who
hdped kick off the campaign
drive here. "And that’s why
we’re here this morning. Roberta
shows whatwe can achievewhen
we participat e fully in the life of
our community."
Rights Measure in N.H;
CONCORD, N.H. - A measure
has been introduced in the New
Hampshire Legislature that
would prohibit discrimination
based on sexual orientauon in
the state. A similarmeasure failed
when introduced in the legislature
2 years ago after strong objection
from church leaders.
Hearings are not expected to
begin on the proposed legislation
until the end of this year.
One Aussie Leader:
Pro Gay Marriage
SYDNEY - Governor-General
Sir Bill Hayden, Queen
Elizabeth’s appointed Crown
officer in Australia, drew wildly
mixed reactions for a recent
speech in which he endorsed the
idea of same-sex marriages,
adoptions by gay and lesbian
couples, and legally allowing
euthanasia for terminally ill patients
who want it.
Some church 1e~leYg~md p61iticians
in the country denounced
Hayden’s suggestions, whichare
considered the most progressive
made by any major government
official anywhere in the world to
date. A government spokesperson
said Hayden’s speech reflected
his own views, and not
those of either the Australian
government or Queen Elizabeth.
Hayden’s recommendation
that gay men be routinely tested
for HIV, however, drew harsh
criticism from AIDS groups in
the country as unnecessary for
proper healthcare safety.
Other Aussie Leader:
Against Gay Marriages
SYDNEY - The Australian gay
publication Brother Sister reports
that Prime Minister Paul
Keating has rebuffed a recent
call by Australian Governor
General Bill Hayden to legally
recognize same-sex relationships
and to extend adoption rights to
gays and lesbians in the country.
Keating is quoted as saying in
Parliament,"I havemy own personal
views; social views on
these things, but these are not a
matter ofgovemmentpolicy.We
don’tmakelaws governing these
things."
Hayden, who represents the
British Crown as the nominal
head of state in the Commonwealth
country, earlier endorsed
both same-sex mamages and
legal adoption rights for gays
andlesbians. "When society took
the decision to no longer regard
the practice of homosexuality as
a threat to established, monogamous
marriage, regarded as the
cornerstone ofsociety for so long,
certain inevitable consequences
followed." Hayden said during a
speech. "Certain rights flowed
to homosexuals in the wake of
that decision and unanticipated
changed to community Standards
followed.’"
The Governor General’s office
later made it clear, hrwever, that
Hayden was not speaking for the
government orQueen Elizabeth,
whom he represents in the ountry.
Town Nixes ’Gay Pride’
ALAMEDA,Calif.-A normally
"routine" proclamation designating
June as Gay Pride Monthhas
been rejected in this community
on the east side,of the San Francisco
Bay after anti-gay conservatives
turned out in the hundreds
to pack a city council
meeting. The resolution, usually
anuncontroversial matter, failed
even to receive a second at the
council meeting The council
hearing on the proposed proclamataon
lasted nearly 4 hours.
Religious conservatives claimed
the rejected proclamation was
victory for "traditional family
Values."
Canadian Province May
Allow Joint Adoption
VICTORIA, British - Canadian
news sources report that the provincial
government in British
Columbia has introduced legislation
that would permit same
sex couples to adopt children the
same as heterosexual couples.
The proposed change in the
province’s adoption regulations
would let both partners legally
adopt a child, giving them joint
parental rights and responsibilities.
Quebec and Saskatchewan
provinces both permit gay and
lesbian couples to adopt children
already, and an Ontario provincial
court has declared that
province’s restrictaons against
same-sex couples adopting children
to be unconstitutional.
Coors Adds Domestic
Partners Benefits
BOULDER, Colo. - The University
of Colorado newspaper,
the Colorado Daily, has reported
that the Coors Brewing Company
of Golden, Colo., once the
objectof an intensenational boycott
by gays and lesbians, has
voted unanimously to extend
employee benefits to the samesex
domesticpartners ofits workers.
Since the widespread boycott
of the 1970s and 1980s, the
company has added non-discrimanation
protections based on
sexual orientation to its employment
guidelines, and the brewcry
also has a company-sanctioned
gay andlesbianemployee
group.
"’There are still a lot of unanswered
questions about the relationship
between the Coors family,
the [Coors] Foundation, and
the company," Sue Anderson of
Equality Colorado. told the paper.
"But if we’re ’just talking
about the corporation, this is a
great move forward." Members
of the Coors family and its private
Coors Foundation have
backed a wide variety of archconservative
and anti-gay groups
and politiciahs for decades,
which led initially to the boycott.
The Coors Brewing Company,
however, has since gone
out of its way to distinguish itself
from the financial giving of
the family and the foundation.
Amnesty International
Cites Police Abuses
LONDON - The London-based
human rights watchdog group
Arunesty International has publicly
called on the govermnent
of Albania to live up to its obligations
and agreements under
international law and put a halt
to abuses of its citizens, including
political prisoners, Greeks
living in the country, and homosexuals.
"In certmn cases the ill-treatment
has been so severe that it
has amounted to torture," a statement
from AI said. "In at least
five cases the victim died, apparently
as a result of the injuries
they suffered." The organization
also called on the government to
set up methods of responding to
citizen complaints of police
abuse and brutality to deal with
the problem.
Guinness To Do Gay Ads
LONDON - The Financial
Times of London has reported
that Guirmess, the famed British
brewery best known for its stout
ales,, plans to begin using a gay
male couple in some of its future
TV ad campaigns in the United
Kingdom to promote its popular
alcoholic beverages. Although
the firm did not give details of
the TV advertising, it did indicate
that the TV spots would
make it clear that the 2 men in
them were gay men.
The finn also said it would use
the popular conntry-western tune
"Stand By Your Man" in the ads.
ILGA World Conference
RIO DE JANEIRO - The 17th
world conference of the International
Lesbian & Gay Association
ended in Brazil on Sunday,
June 25, with a gay pride parade
along Rio’ s Copacabana beach.
During the week-long conference
of more than 300 delegates
representing countries from
around the globe, ILGA took the
following actions:
- Denounced anti-gay violence
in Latin America - including
Brazil itself - and condenmed
the execution of gays and lesbians
in some Islamic countries;
- Praised the decriminalization
of homosexual sodomy in the
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- Announced plans to launch
campaigns to draw attention to
the continued criminalizing of
gay and lesbian sex in Chile,
Ecuador and Nicaragua;
- Said the organization had ratified
all the international treaties
and conventions of the United
Nations to help assure its recogration
as a consulting Non Governmental
Organization (NGO)
with the UN.
The organization also elected
Jordi Petit of Barcelona, Spain,
and Inge Wallaert of Antwerp,
Belgium, as its new secretariesgeneral.
D’Emilio Takes Over at
NGLTF Policy Institute
WASHINGTON-The National
Gay & Lesbian Task Force has
almounced the noted historian
and author Dr. John D’Emilio
has joined the civil rights organization
as director of NGLTF’s
Policy Institute. D’Emilio’, ahistory
professor with the University
of North Carolina, has the
task of transforming the Policy
Institute imo a full-fledged research
organization by recruiting
gay rights theorists, academics,
researchers, activists and
others to the rese arch "think
In apress statement, D’Emilio
said: "I am committed to building
the NGLTF Policy Institute
into an indispensable source of
reliable, useful and necessary
information, on gay/lesbian/bisexual
public policy issues. We
want to use the wealth of expertise
in our community to build a
reservoir of materials for activists
in the fidd.’"
No. Cal. LesbiGay Prom
HAYWARD, Calif. - This unlikely
community, just east of
San FranciSco, was the spot on
Friday evening, June 30, of t!}..e
first gay and lesbian prom in
Northern California "Pride: A
Deeper Love" took place at the
Ceutemtial Hall here, replete with
with an espresso and soft drinks
bar, potted palms, anindoorfountain,
and a miniautre replica of
tile. Eiffel Tower to recreate the
ambiance of a Paris sidewalk
cafe. The youth prom was sponsored
by the I_ambda Youth
Group and drew several hundred
lesbian, gay and bisexual
youths - mostly high school studeuts
- from throughout the San
Francisco bay area.
Couples May Ado pt in DC
WASHINGTON - The District
of Columbia’s Court of Appeals
has ruled that unmarried couples
- including same-sex couples -
can legally adopt children the
same as married couples. The
court made its rifling in the case
of 2 gay men, identified in court
documents as BruceM. andMark
D., overturning a lower court
ruling that denied the men the
right to adopt a young girl.
The court found that "unmarried
couples living together in a
committedpersonal relationship,
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whether of the same sex or of
opposite sexes, are eligible to
petition the cou~t for a decree of
adoption" and the capital’ s adoption
law "expressly authorizes
adoptions by any person without
limitations.’"
Toronto Parade Largest
in North America
TORONTO - Demonstrating a
level of gay pride that most
Americans only associate with
cities like Los Angeles, SanFrancisco
and New York, Toronto"s
annual Gay Pride Parade this
year apparently became thelargest
such event in North America,
outstripping the gigantic gay
pride celebrations of its southern
neighbor for the first time.
Police estimated that between
500,000 and 600,000 spectators
showed up for the Sunday, July
2 parade that also drew more
than 50~000 participants. Police
estimates of the 3 largest gay
pride parades in the U.S. put
spectator numbers at between
300,000 a nd 500,000. The
Toronto parade first started in
1980 when it drew only 2,500
people. Politicos in this year’s
eventincluded openly gayMember
of Parliament Svend
Robinson and Toronto Mayor
Barbara Hall.
California Court Upholds
Hate Crime Law
SAN FRANCISCO - California’s
Supreme Court has upheld
the state’s hate crimes law
as constitutional and has ruled
thatit does not violatefree speech
rights. The unanimous court ruling
rejected the arguments by
the attorney of2 women charged
in the beating of 2 gay men in
San Francisco in 1990.
The appeal argued that the
state’s hate crimes law violated
the women’s free speech guarantees
because it was vague. The
state high court rejected the argument,
saying thatwords which
indicate an "intent to inflict evil,
injury or damage on another"
are not protected by constitutional
free speech guarantees.
"Violence and threats of violence
.. fall outside the protection
of the First Amendment because
they coerce by unlawful
conduct, rather than persuade by
expression," thecourtruled. "As
such, they are punishable because
of the state’s interest in
protecting individuals from the
fear of violence, the disruptio~
fear engenders and the possibil-
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Gay Marriages:
Tale of Two Cultures
AMSTERDAM-Twoindependent
polls {eleased on the same
date- onein the U.S., the other in
Holland - give an indication of
the difference in attitudes in the
2 countries. In Holland, 73% of
those polled said they thought
gay and lesbian couples should
be allowed to legally marry - an
astoundingly largeportion ofthe
population that surprised even
many Dutch activists.
The U.S. poll, conducted by
EPIC-MRA-Mitchell Research,
found that only 33% of Americans
thought same-sex couples
should be allowed to get married,
while 63% opposed gay
and lesbian marriages.
Lesbian Camp
Ruled Not a Nuisance
OVEIT, Miss.-Chancery Court
Judge FrankMcKenziehas ruled
thatCamp Sister Spiritwas not a
"private nuisance" in rejecting
the caseofa group oflocal townspeople
who had accused the lesbian-
feminist retreat of causing
disruptions an d trying to "recruit"
their daughters into a"lesbian
lifestyle." McKenzie said
in his ruling that seminars and
music festivals at Camp Sister
Spiritmayhave disrnptedneighbors
to a degree, but that the
retreat’s activities did not constitute
a "nuisance." The attorney
representing the townspeople
who brought the complaint
against the camp said all
the ruling meant was that the
camp just "hasn’t gotten out of
hand at this point."
’Gay Gene’
ResearchQuestioned
SAN FRANCISCO - Dr. Dean
Hammer, the openly gay National
Cancer Institute researcher
who reported finding a genetic
marker associated with male
homosexuality, is apparently
under government scrutiny for
possibly manipulating datain the
study. Hammer confirmed for
news sources that his 1993 study
was being reviewed by the federal
Office of Research Integrity
and that he had been ordered not
to comment further.
Genetic scientists, however,
have reported that a colleague in
Hammer’s NCI lab had looked
through the data in Hammer’s
reports and found that the government
researcher had not included
some of the material in
his final report. Theomitted data
could we aken the statistical
significant of Hammer’s finding
or possibly have changed the
findings altogether.
The question of the reliability
of Hammer’s findings .could be
even more crucial because a
neurogeneticist at the University
of Western Ontario in
Canada finished a similar study
recently of more than 40 sets of
gay brothers and found no link
between the genetic marker and
sexual orientation.
Village cont’dfromp. 1
Rusty Langley Stumpff, to make
real the vision of Rainbow.Village
founder Mark Vickers.
Rainbow Village is a non-profit
dedicated to providing housing
for persons living with AIDS
(PLWA’s). After months of delays
and difficulties in raising
funds for the renovations of the
house, work was able to completed
because of donated materials
from Cowan Construction
and donated labor from many
folks,in particular, LeonKubian,
a professional contractor.
At mid-day, the work crew
stopped to join the Rev. Leslie
Penrose in a blessing of the
house, room by room and to plant
a tree in remembrance of Mark
Vickers who died just in May of
this year. Brad Mulholland,
Mark’s spouse, remarked on the
bittersweetness of finally seeing
Mark’s dream realized.
Midway though the ceremony,
aneighborhoodresident stopped
to complain abouthaving ahouse
for people with AIDS, which for
him equalled "Gays" in the neighborhood.
Ironically, the first residents
of this house happen to be
heterosexuals living withAIDS,
not Gays. Though the neighbor
refused to give his name, he
threatened to complain to the
city because he felt the house
would violate zoning restrictions.
Rainbow Village board president,
Cathy Mulholland, responded
that up to 8 unrelated
individuals could live in a single
family zonedhouse and that there
should be no problems.
Cathy Mulholland also noted
that Tulsa has a significant need
for housing for PLWA’s. There
may be as many as 90 persons
needinghousing and Mulholland
added that up to 84% ofPLWA’s
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have come in small amounts
from the community. Although
applications are continuing to be
made, no major grants have yet
to be secured. Donations of
money, materials and time/labor
are welcome. For information,
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taffy cont’dfrom p. 1
to counter anti-Lesbian/Gay
prejudice. Some of the seed
money for the project was do~
nated by Barbra Streisand and
Tulsa is one of three test sites for
shaping the campaign.
The HIV Resource Consortium
is an umbrella organization
that seeks to provide
comprehesive HIV/AIDS services,
ranging from case management
to providing space for
other organizations, such as the
TOHR HIV Testing Clinic and
RAIN, Regional AIDS Interfaith
Network which organizes care
teams for persons living with
AIDS (PLWA’s).
The Lesbian/Gay Community
Center is a project spearheaded
by Tulsa Oklahomans for Human
Rights (TOHR). The goal is
to rent or buy a facility where all
parts of the communities and
organizations can meet formally
or informally.
Black & White Charities, Inc.
will hold two events: a patrons
appreciation on Friday, July 28
at Philbrook Museum and the
Black & White Party itself on
Saturday, July 29 at the Pavilion
on Expo Square. Black & White
Charities, Inc. began as a private
party but was later incorporated
as a tax-exempt non-profit dedicated
to sponsoring social events
which celebrate the unity and
the diversity of the communities,
promote group&individual
self-esteem and create awareness
and. funding for our communities
issues andconcerns. For
more information, see page 16.
License cont’dfrom p. 1
After being turned away,
Amos and Harding spoke with
reporters about the effort. The
couple acknowledged that they
were not really surprised to be
denied the license, but that they
hoped people aware of the desire
of many Lesbian & Gay couple
for legal recognition and protection
of their relationships.
Kelly Kirby
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Lesbians & Gays face many special tax
situations whether single or as couples.
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Baltimore GayPaper people, age 18 or older.
A significant number of people state
they would use a home test to determine if
they are infected with HIV, it the Food
and Drug Administration (FDA) licenses
the diagnostic kits, according to a University
of California San Francisco (UCSF)
study published in the May 11 issue of the
New England Journal of Medicine
(NEJM).
If thehomekits are approved, the easier
access and greater privacy they provide
wouldincrease thenumberofpeople tested
forHIV infection, says a UCSFresearcher
who co-authored a separate essay on this
subject published in the same NFJM issue.
The FDA currently is considering
whether or not to approve test kits that
would allow blood collection at home,
according to Kathryn Phillips, PhD, a
researcher at the UCSF Center for AIDS
Prevention Studies (CAPS) and lead author
of the UCSF study,
The over-the-counter test kits would
likely be sold atdrug stores and, or through
mail order. After pricking a finger and
putting a drop of blood on a filter paper,
users of the home test would mail the
sample to a laboratory and call to find out
their results They wouldreceive telephone
counseling after providing a codenumber
from the test kit. The entire process would
be anonymous.
UCSF researchers examined how the
availability of home-access HIV tests
.might change the numbers and character-
]st~cs of people tested for infection and
where they went to be tested. Data came
from a large household survey conducted
by the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) of more than 20,000
Among other questions, respondents
were asked how likely they would be to
use home HIV testing and, if it were
available, whether they would choose to
use a home test, go to a doctor’s office or
clinic, or not be tested.
29% stated that they wouldbe "very" or
"somewhat" likely to use home tests. Of
this group,7%percent said they had never
been tested (excluding testing for blood
donation). 42% of the respondents with
HIV risk factors said they wouldbe"very"
or "somewhat" likely to use home tests;
63% of this group said they had never
been tested (excluding testing for blood
donation). 22% of all respondents and
31% of those at risk; said+they would
choose a home test over the alternatives.
In comparison, 18% of the respondents
and 34% of those at risk reported having
been tested for HIV infection (excluding
testing for blood donation)between 1985
and the time the survey was conducted.
The survey defined persons ’at risk’ as
.hemophiliacs, men who have sex with
men, intravenous drug users, those who
trade sex for money, sex partners of persons
at risk, those who had blood transfusions
between 1977-1985, and those who
have a self-perceived chance of having or
contracting AIDS.
Respondents more likely to .state they
would use home HIV tests were male,
younger, non-white or non-Hispanic, and
had less than a college degree, income
levels lower than the poverty index, risk
factors for AIDS+ a self perceived.risk of
AIDS, previously donated blood in order
to be tested, or no prior testing because
they did not know where to go, according
to the UCSF study, see Test, page 11
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Reporter .Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights ¯ P.O. Box 52729 Tulsa, OK 74152
July/August 1995 Volume 15 Number 7
The vhq~w expressed elsewhere in Tul,~a Family News are tltff nece.~saril)’ the vie*tw o.fTOl IR. Pet?nission is
granted to reprint in,f!)rmalion cotltaitted wilhin the TOI IR Reporler page along with other itent~’, tolthrr the
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TOHR Follies Thank You’s
from the Executive Board
Lynn Smith - Chairperson
Renee Anthony - CO-Chairperson
Sheryl Dagang for being the fabulous Master/Mistress of
Ceremonies.
The Entertainers
A Special Thank you to Bill Lewis a!k/a/Lola, Russlyn
Moore, Paris Grey, Victoria Towers, Emma Zahn, Anita
Richards, Kelly Green, Diannah Nacole, Vivian & Tara TNeal
for their creative and fabulous costumes and renditions
that set the stage tbr our Priscilla themel
Thank you to Linda Stevens for bringing friends from the
Follies Revue. Jennifer Sanco, Kris Rittanaier & Tracy
Watson
Our addilional thank vous to other performers
including:
t.tell’en Back, Jessie Scott. Beverly Ball, Jimnaie H0ose.
llelga, The Tulsa Family Chorale, Miriam Childers, Kevin
Barentine, Kharma Arnos, and friends Danny Hale. Steve
Eberle, David Parsons & Kathlene Golden.
Thanks to Raghena for making the trip from Dallas to
share her talents with her Tulsa Family.
The Volunteers
Without the tireless energy, of our volunteers this event
could not have been the success that it was. Thanks to:
Pamela Newberry and Terry, Rich Webb, Gemini, Joseph
Chavez, David Haynes, Wes Waggoner, Charles Campbell,
Kathlene Golden and Jill Hoyt. Tulsa’s own youth group
including Thomas, Edgar, Antwaine & John.
The Donors
John Rothrock and Steve Walley from the Silver Star,
Gregory and Wayne from Floral Design of Tulsa, Kathlene
Golden from Unity Center, Gourmet on the Go, Whittier
Care, Promenade General Cinema, Merle Norman Studios
and Anthony Klatt of the Perspective.
We would like to thank the businesses who sold advance
tickets for the Follies: Tomfoolery, Floral Design of Tulsa
and Budget Window Treatments.
All Soul’s Unitarian for the use of their facility.
To ever3., one \vho attended this years Follies you were a
great audience. Thank you.
Wanted: Persons who are interested in taking a six week Watercolor class taught
by local mtist Kelly Vandiver. The cost of the classwill be $75 not including
supplies. $15 dollars of the $75 tuition will be tax deductible as a donation to
T.O.H.R,. To register please call the helpline at 743-.4297 and leave your name
and nnmber with the volunteer or on the voice mail.
TOHR - August meeting will be on Bartlett Square. Bring a picnic basket and
)’our dancing shoes. August I st, i 995. IVlusic and beverages will be provided.
7:00pro Ill ?
Getin step with TOHR and Hillcrest step aerobic class to begin this fail. Watch
your TOHR Reporter for fiu-ther details.
Quick Note: 1 ~vould like to thank Tom Neal and the Tulsa Family News for
their support ofTOHR and the Reporter during this past year. A Newsletter that
has been established to serve TOHR’s community center and other non-profi|
organizations will be the ne\v home for the Reporter.
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SUNDAYS
Bless the Lord At All
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Sunday School, 9:45 am
Worship Service, 11 am
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Community of Hope
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Worship Service, 6 pm
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Family of Faith
Metro. Comm. Church
Worship Service, 11 pm
5451-E South Mingo.
Info: 622-1441
Metro. Comm. Church
of Greater Tulsa
Worship Service, 10:45am
1623 No. Maplewood
Info: 838-1715
TheBanned,OKGay Band
Practice weekly in OKC
Info: 838-2121
Bisexual/Lesbian/Gay
Alliance - Univ. of Tulsa
Meeting, 6:30 pm
Canterbury, 5th&Evanston
Info: 583-9780
MONDAYS
HIT Testing
TOHR Clinic
Free & anonymous testing
using fingerstick
method.
No appointment required.
Walk in testing: 7-8:30 pm
Results Hours: 7-9 pm
Info: 749-4194
Lambda Bowling League
Bowling begins at 8:45.
Sheridan Lanes
3121 South Sheridan
TUESDAYS
Minister’s Class"
Bless the Lord at All
Times Christian Center
7:30 pm
2627-B East 1 lth
Info: 583-7815
WEDNESDAYS
Authority OfThe Believer
Bible Study, 7 pm
MCC of Greater Tulsa
1623 North Maplewood
Call 838-1715 for info.
Bless The Lord At All
Times Christian Center
Choir Practice 7 pm
2627-B East 1 lth
Call 583-7815 for info.
Family Of Faith MCC
Potluck 6:30 pm
Bible Study 7 pm
Choir Practice 8 pm
5451-E South Mingo.
Call 622-1441 for info.
THURSDAYS
16-Step Empowerment
Group For Women
Women’s support group
Community of Hope
1347 North Yale
Call 838-7232 for info,
Co-Dependency
Support Group
Weekly meeting, 7:30.
Family.of Faith MCC.
5451-E South Mingo
Call 622-1441 for Info.
HIT Testing
TOHR Clinic
Free & anonymous testing
using fingerstick
method.
No appbintment required.
Walk in test hours:
7 - 8:30 pm
Results Hours: 7 - 9 pm
Call 749-4194 for info.
Prayer Time
MCC - Greater Tulsa, 7 pm
1623 North Maplewood.
Call 838-1715 for info.
Tulsa Family Chorale
Weekly practice, 9:30 pm
Lola’s 2630 E. 15th St.
SATURDAYS
Narcotics Anonymous
Meets weekly at 11 pm
Provides confidential
support for
recovering addicts.
Community of Hope.
1347 North Yale
Call 838-7232 for info.
SUNDAY, JULY 16
1995 Miss Gay Northeastern
Oklahoma USofA Pageant
Silver Star Saloon, 10 pm
1565 So. Sheridan, Info: 838-3701
TUESDAY, JULY 18
Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights
Board Meeting, 7 pm (open to members)
TOHR Office, 40th & Harvard, 2nd fl.
Info: 743-4297
WEDNESDAY, JULY 19
Family AIDS Support Group, 6:30 pm
4154 South Harvard, Gathering Room
Info: 583-5147
THURSDAY, JULY 20
FIGHTFOR YOUR RIGHTS
Community Civil Rights Meeting
YOU NEED TO BE THERE
7-9 pm, Downtown Library, ground
level meeting room, info: 838-2121
SATURDAY, JULY 22
Community ofHope Dance Class, 8 pm
1347 North Yale, Info: 838-7232
TUESDAY, JULY 25.
Rainbow Business Gui/d, 7 pm
Olive Garden, Utica Sq. Info: 832-0233
FRIDAY, JULY 28~
Black & White Charities Patron Gala
Philbrook Museum, Info: 587-7314
SATURDAY, JULY 29
Community ofHope Feed the Homeless
1347 North Yale, 5:30 pm
Info: 838:7232
Black & White Saturday Night Dance
Pavilion at Expo Square, Fairgrounds
$20 advance, $25 door, Info: 58%7314
TUESDAY, AUGUST 1
TOHR Party on the Square
Picnic, 7-10 pm, Bartlett Square
Info: 743-4297
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2
Family AIDS Support Group, 6:30 pm
4154 So. Harvard, Info: 583-5147
SATURDAY, AUGUST 5
Community ofHope Dance Class, 8 pm
1347 North Yale, Info: 838-7232
TUESDAY, AUGUST 8
Log Cabin Republicans, 7 pm
Tulsa Centrai Library, Ground Floor
Info: 832-0233
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1995 Miss Gay Oklahoma USofA
At-Large Pageant
Silver Star Saloon, 9 pm
1565 So. Sheridan, Info: 838-3701
MONDAY, AUGUST 14
PFLAG 1011102, 6:30-7:30 pm
4154 So. Harvard, Ste. H, Info: 749-4901
SPOUSES
For spouses of Gay/Les/Bi/Transgenders
7:00 pm social, 7:30-8:30 meeting
Sponsored by PFLAG, Info: 749-4901
TUESDAY, AUGUST 15
Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights
Board Meeting, 7 pm (open to members)
TOHR Office, 40th & Harvard, 2nd ft.
kffo: 743-4297
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16
Family AIDS Support Group, 6:30 pm
4154 So. Harvard, Info: 583-5147
SATURDAY, AUGUST 19
Community ofHope Dance Class, 8 pm
1347 North Yale, Info: 838-7232
TUESDAY, AUGUST 22
Rainbow Business Guild, 7 pm
Dinner Meeting, Info: 832-0233
SATURDAY, AUGUST 26
Prime Timers 2nd Anniversary/
Write for info: P.O. Box 52118, 74128
Feast with Friends
The NAMES Project Tulsa Area
Finale at So. Hills Marriott, 748-3111
TUESDAY, AUGUST 29
Community ofHope Feed the Homeless
1347 North Yale, 5:30 pm
Info: 838-7232
Gay & Lesbian Student Association
TJC Southeast Campus, Info: 631-7632
Lesbian & Gay Pol. Action Committee
Info: 838-1222
SWAN-Single Women’sActivityNetwork
Call 832-2121
TOHR Anonymous HIT Testing Clinic
Daytime testing by appt. M:Th., 10-5 pm
Info: 749-4194
TOHR Helpline, Daily 8-10 pm
For info. or to volunteer: 743-GAYS
Tool Box Technicians
Leather organization,
Info c/o The Tool Box: 584-1308
T.U.L.S~4,
Tulsa Uniform &LeatherSeekersAssoc.
Info: 838-1222
Wed. Night Women’s Supper Club
Varying locations 2nd or 3rd Wed. each
month. Info: Helpline: 743-GAYS
Task Force co. diromp. 1
nation paralyzes us in our jobs and prevents
us from living as full and ,~qual
citizens. "At the National Gay and Lesbian
Task Force, we often work with
activists lobbying their local and state
governments to pass anti-discrimination
legislation. While many states and muuicipalities
have banned discrimination
based on sexual orientation, some opponents
have pointed to the lack of federal
legislation when justifying their own inaction
or opposition to such measures.
Weseekfederal action through passage of
ENDA that would send a message across
the country that discrimination is unacceptable
and illegal. "Discrimination on
the basis of sexual orientation violates the
American values of equality and fairness.
The Employment Non-Discrimination
Act of 1995 recognizes discrimination
and would alleviate the fear of many
Americans in the workplace. It is an important
step toward full equality for lesbian,
gay, bisexual and transgender
people."
Editor’ s note:no Oklahoma Congressman
has endorsed ENDA, though Cong.
Largent is now reviewing the legislation.
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me improbable, whatever this court may
say, that the existing policy can survive
much longer," said Lord Justice Simon
Brown, one of the judges in that ease.
Boston cont’dfrom p. 1
The court’ s decision said that gays and
lesbians have a fight to march in parades
a;s individuals, but italso ruled thatno one
can force parade sponsors to alter their
message by including the views of another
group.
by Pat Morehead that Ralphies’ world cuts into their own mess? So, save your money either at the
For those readers who are looking for
the standard fare of Political Correctness
relative to the Gay Community in TUlSa,
look elsewhere. Summer is here and it’ s
just too damn humid to worry with political
correctness. I was politically incorrect
when I failed to attend the Mohawk Pride
Picnic. But I spent a lovely afternoon on
the patio with several cool Bloody Bulls
and my latest copy of Field and Stream.
I did take a few minutes to scan theJune
Family News. I have to tell you I’m not
really concerned about the court ruling
regarding the Boston St. Patricks Day
Parade. So gays can tmarch, big deal. We
seem to have missed the point somewhere
along the way. If you’re not welcome
somewhere, then stay the hell away! I’ve
used that simple formula for decreasing
stress, I highly recommendit to everyone.
Besides, if we want to have a parade, we
may wantto exclude certain types, fight?
I’m not trying to be bitchey about this
but I mean really, give it a rest. Thanks to
Rush Tunbaugh and Newtie and Ralphie
Reed, common civility has gone the way
of the DODO. I was raised to at least
pretend to be civil to people I don’ t care
for or about. It was calledCommon Courtesy.
Everything has become so "in your
face" these days.
Every dog has his day, and today Rush,
Newtie and Ralphie are ha,v,ing,~eirs.
Unfortunately I expect their day to go
on for some while to come. We are not
going to stop these guys from making our
lives miserable for awhile. So, back off!
Let them make asses out of themselves
and their followers. As soon as people see
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regularlives, people will get sick and tired
of him and his sort and dump them for
something different.
Speaking of something different, can
anyone explain "Legends of the Fall"? I
rentedit expecting to see something inter-
So, here’s my plan for our
eommunlty. Let’s start our
-own Ch~eh. We’ll do eorrespontienee
tie~rees anti
we can all become Ministers.
That Way we can ~et
every tax ~vantage aveable,&
we can du~ ~ple
out of v~t sums of ~o~ey
in the name of~n~ng our
m~ssxons . ~nee we all
have money, then ~e can
make the ~uled Let me
knowffyou have any ide~
for the ~hureh name.
esting from Brad Pitt. Ifnot acting wise, at
least his butt! Pitt has been very interesting
since I first noticed him in "Thelma
and Louise". But I haven’t the slightlest
idea about what was going on in Legends.
I don’t even think the Director had the
slightest idea about what was going on
there.
I mean, at least if you’ ve got Brad Pitt,
use his sex appeal if nothing else. All we
got was a poorly composed 3 second
medium wide group shot of Pitt in the
middle of what I presume was supposed
to be a menage a tois. Jeez, at least give us
Pitt butt. Three seconds out that whole
video store or on TCI and give Legends a
pass. Unless you’ reintoAnthony Hopkins,
at least, he he did some acting. I suggest
you rent "Thelma and Louise" and eatch
Pitt in the motel scene.
WhichbringsmetoTCI. Whenitcomes
to TCI,just bend over and expect it rough.
Rather than worrying about parades in
Boston we ought to be spending time
getting any other cable outlet in here.
Why is it that there is no Cable Access
available to the public, but 158 religious
programmers can monopolize half the
damn channels? That’ s a rhetorical question.
Weall know why, the pray-a-vision
folks buy all the available time.
So, here’ s my plan for our community.
Let’s start our own Church. We’ll do
correspondence degrees and we can all
become Ministers. That way we can get
every tax advantage available, and we
candupepeople outOfvastsums ofmoney
in the name of funding our "missions".
Once we all have money, then we can
make the rules ! Let me know if you have
any ideas for the Church name.
On a serious note though, we could
invest some time in setting up a Non-
Profit Arts Group which is designed to
serve Gay and Lesbian area artists, writers
and performers. That would be something
that could actually have an impact
on the local communityin terms ofgiving
Gay and Lesbian Artists a fair shot. Let
me know your thoughts on that one also.
As for me, I’m heading to kitchen to
mix up some more Bloody Bulls, then get
naked in the hot tub and ponder the real
meaning of Pitts’ butt. Hummm, maybe
we could do a fund raiser based on a best
l~utt contest. Now there’ s an idea perfect
for summer in Tulsa. As soon as I find the
limes, I’ll put some more thought into
that!
Pat Morehead is a Tulsan whose commentaries
focus on art, politics & more.
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Phillips says these findings are "counter
intuitive" because preventive services and
other home tests are usually morelikely to
be used by people with more education
and higher incomes.
"It’s striking that people who may have
the greayest need for testing but the least
access to HIV testing and medical care
may bemorelikely than someother groups
to use home tests," she says.
Theavailability ofhometests may cause
a shift.in the locations where HIV testing
is conducted in the United States, Phillips
says. About 20 percent of tests (excluding
tests before blood donations) are performed
at public clinics; 31 percent in
doctor’s offices, health maintenance organizations,
or employer clinics; and 25
percent athospitals and outpatient clinics,
according to the study.
"The use of home tests by people who
would otherwise have been tested at public
clinics may free up resources for other
activities," Phillips says. "However, testing
should still be available at public
clinics."
It is estimated that users of the home
test would pay between $30 and $40,
whereas it costs the federal government
approximately $50 per test at public clinics
andprivate doctors may charge clients
$50 ormore for HIV testing. Counsding
and testing consumed the largest portion-
$103 million - of the HIV prevention
budget of the CDC in 1992.
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Tulsa City-County Library
One of the biggest controversies surrounding
the gay rights movement today
is the act known as outing- one person.
publicly identifying another, closetedperson
as homosexual, against their wishes.
Although this trend seems to be winding
down, there are still many people, young
and old, who are unable to identify .themselves
as lesbian or gay. Because they are
not prepared to acknowledge their orientation,
they lead double lives to disguise
the truth from friends, families and coworkers.
"Outing Yourself," by
Michelangelo Signorile, recognizes the
difficulty of these situations and provides
a step-by-step program for making the
journey from "Identifying Yourself" to
"Not Thinking About It at All."
Signorile outlines 14 steps, under six
general parts whichinclude"OulingYourself
to Yourself," "Outing Yourself to
Other Gay People," "Outing Yourself to
Your Straight Friends," "Outing Yourself
to Your Fanfily," "Outing Yourself to
Your Coworkers," and, finally, "Coming
Out Every .Day," which includes ways to
help others undertakethe same journey.
Signoril’e examines the most difficult
steps in the first chapter, where he presents
the thoughts of other authors, including
film historian Vito Russo, who
said, "The truth will set you free, but first
it will bea pain in the neck," and Mark
Thompson, who commented, "Basically,
coming out is a death and rebirth experience.
To come out, something has to diewhatever
itwas you thought your were...In
a sense, you’reldlling aformer constructed
identity and creating a new one." Also in
this chapter are exercises to do whichmay
seem simplistic to some, but helpful to
others,, depending on how comfortable
one is with the coming~out process.
"Basicafly, coming out is
a death and rebirth
experience.
To come out, something
has to die- whatever it
was you thought your
were...In a sense, you re
killing a form.er construeted
identity and
creating a new one.
As the journey continues, the author
documents ~ue experiences which reveal
the common frustrations related to
homophobia and the act of
"deprogramming yourself" from stereotypes
and the myths that cause lesbians
and gays to feel out of place in a straight
society. In "Meeting Other Gay People,"
the reader is .reminded that today, with
gay community centers, organizations,
newspapers and computerbulletin boards,
the gay baris no longer the primary gathering
place. Thereis alist ofrelated books,
many of which are in the library, which
should be consulted to further explain the
sometimes complex and contradictory
fedings that many people experience.
In’What First Talk," Signorile prepares
readers for the inevitable questions and
concerns that arise when having that important
chat’with parents orother family
members. He acknowledges that it is not
always wise to come out to parents immediately.
Timing is everything, and i.t may
be best to postpone your conversalaon.
As you get near the end of the book,
which dea~s with coming out at work and
helping others to come out, it is apparent
that a common thread has been woven
through chapter after chapter: maintaining
a positive approach. Regardless of
who is being addressed, people coming
out are urged to ignore neg~itive comments
and concentrate on having a truthful,
uplifting and educational conversation.
Signorile has also authored "Queer in
America" and numerous colnmns for national
periodicals.Afew years ago,hehad
a notorious reputation for outing public
figures, but he has mellowed considerably
and.this book is a patient and understanding
guide, free from harsh judgements
or urgings to Sacrifice oneself for
"the cause.+’ Check for"Outing Yoursdf"
and other related books in the Readers
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March 2J-April 20
Passion runs high and you are tempted by -
a sexy new lover; or you are tempted to
pick fights with your present lover, just so
you can have the pleasure of making up.
Business travel is both likely and rewarding
this month.
TAURUS
April 20-May 21
Partners and family members seem unusually
bossy this month, and their disapproving
attitudes can really get on your
nerves. A good time for do-it-yourself
projects around the house. It’s better to
work on your home than to work on the
people in it.
GEMINI
May 21-June 22
You’ re always a bit of a party animal, but
now you have the opporttmity to go into
social overdrive. You may have some
minor battles with co-workers and employees,
but your recreational activilaes
will definatdy make you forget any jobrelated
stress.
CANCER
June 22-July 23
You have been involved with an odd
bunch ofpeoplefor quite awhilenow, and
this has maderelationships a struggle. It’ s
time to take an honest look at your beliefs
about romance, love and sex. If you’ re not
getting what you want and it can’t be
fixed, time to say "bye bye."
LEO
July 23-August 23
You are likely to experience power
struggles with family members and with
anyone who shares your home. You want
to be your flamboyant, generous self;
they’ d apparently prefer you to be a dull
and stifled slave. Try not to be an unreasonable
drama queen. With a little sdfcontrol,
you’ll win out.
VIRGO
August 23-September 23
You’re great at being the power behind
the throne because you intuitively know
how to provide just the right kind of
support. However, now is the time for you
to stand in the limelight yoursdf. Tremendously
creative ideas can come to you
now..Just lighten up, let them in, and put
them to use.
LIBRA
September 23-October 23
You may receive a financial offer you
can’ t refuse, but look at the situation with
an honest and critical eye. Someone is
likely to be playing hot and heavy with
your emotions. If you act without think=
ing carefully first, you’re liable to do
things you’d never consider otherwise
and you’ll regret it.
SCORPIO
October 23-November 23
Passion rears its head at work, and you
may be Crazed with desire for the sweet
thing who shares your shifL Think it over
before you lunge. It may not be a great
idea to mix business with pleasure. Working
with friends on a money-making venture
can bring success; divert your obsession
into your work.
SAGITTARIUS
Nov. 23-Dec. 22
Existing relationships have an eerie quality
of familiarity to them. Yes, you’re
being manipulated in the same old way
and no, it’ s not your imagination. A new
relationship started now is likely to turn
out the same way. Think about why you
keep attracting this mistreatment. Isn’ t it
getting boring?
CAPRICORN
Dec. 22-January 21
Life has not exactly been easy for you
lately, but you only have to pass one more
hurdle before you get a break. Someone is
likely to appear’with a "fool prool~’ investment
scheme thatplays onyour desire
for status. Don’ t get crazed with greed
and say "yes." You’ll only be starting a
new drama.
AQUARIUS
Jan. 21-February 20
Old conflicts may reappearnow, but don’ t
worry; they’re only resurfacing so you
can have the chance to resolve and diminate
them once and for all. It’ s a good
time for you to get rid of all your hidden
fears and addictions. You’ re about to start
a new cycle; you may as well do it on a
level playing field.
PISCES
February 20-March 21
Now is the best possible time to use visualization
to achieve your goals, but how
much thought have you given to what you
actually want? Come out of the fog and
create your long,term wish list. You have
a natural gift for creative thought. Add a
little structure and put your gift to use.
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Melissa Etheridge
by L. Cooper, roving groupie
In May of 1989, I attended a concert at
the Cain’s Ballroom - the singer’s name
was Melissa Etheridge and her debut album
was a self titled work which was
released in 1988 on Island Records. Rumor
had it that she had been discovered
while playing in the Lesbian bars of Los
Angeles. The issue of her sexuality has
finally been resolved to many women’s
satisfaction (particularly after her fans
suffered through the femme phase of the
"’Never Enough" album). Since the Cain’ s
experience, I have had the privilege of
seeing four additional MEperformances.
Her Grammy nominations, four albums
and an appearance at Woodstock II have
resulted in media exposure and main
stream visibility. As acknowledgement of
her popularity, Etheridge serves as the
cover girl for the June 1995 issue of Rolling
Stone. It is a rare opportunity for our
generation to watch the development of
such a talented and, now, out artist.
I wondered whether Etheridge could.
gracefully survive the transition to large
capacity arenas. Her ability to intimately
connect with her audience in smaller venues
has been legendary. On June 25th,
Etheridge did not disappoint her fans as
she provided her usual kick ass, high
energy performance during an appearance
at the Nissan Pavilion located in
Stone Ridge, Virginia. The threat of rain
did not dampen the spirit of the audience
who travdled from MD, VA, WVA, DE,
NJ, NY, DC, PA, and, of course, OK. In
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fact, Mother Nature’ s thunder and lightning
served as an additional special.effects
background for the evening’s performance.
Opening for Etheridge was Paula Cole,
a talented, unusual and quirky performer.
Cole, whose 1994 debut album "Harbinger"
provides a good listen, primed the
Pavilioncrowd with support from her two
memberband. Her30 minute, six song set
Alexander Graham
Bell could not have
possibly pereelved
what a hot, seduetlve,
sexually ehar ed
woman could do with
his invention.
ended with a tribute to all the women in
the audience. "Watch the Woman’s
Hands", written by Cole, brought the audience
to its feet and resulted in a standing
ovation for the singer.
After a fifteen minute intermission and
equipment swap, the main show actually
started on time. This disproved common
wisdom that concerts and lesbians cannot
meet intended schedules. At the stroke of
9 pm, Melissa burst onto the stage and
charged into arousing rendition of "All
American Gift’. The Pavilion stage is
flanked by a big screen on either side. A
memorable sight is ME’ s sly smirk and
bedroom eyes magnified about a thousand
times. Ably backed by John Shanks
on guitar and keyboard, Mark Browne on
bagg~tttar, aiid Dave Beyer on drums,
ME used a well mixed play list which
included songs from all fouralbums spiced
with a sampling of new material.
One of these new songs, "All the Way
to Heaven" is a cut from her next album
which is due to be released in November
of this year. Etheridge also covered AC.
DC’s classic hormone pounding "You
Shook Me All NighrLong" and, with the
line, " ...she knocked me out with those
American thighs....", the Pavilion female
factor howled and screamed in umson.
Her song "You Used to Love to Dance"
segued into an extended play which utilized
a telephone as a prop. Alexander
Graham Bell could not have possibly perceived
what a hot, seductive, sextmlly
charged woman could do with his invention.
Our butts barely touched the seats
during the foot stomping 2 1/2 hours.
Etheridge ended her 18 song performance
with "Bring Me Some Water"; we were
not ready to let her go and we brought her
back for two encores. The first encore was.
a rocking "Like the Way I Do" from the
1988 album MeliSsa Etheridge and her
second encore was the more gentle and
almost lullaby-like ’Walking to My Angel"
from the 1993 album Yes I Am. Her
energy and her connection with her fans
has certainly not decreased with time nor
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reality.’"
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for teens, as evidence suggests that as
many as 30 percent of the youth to emigrate
to urban areas such as San Francisco
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persecution because of their sexual identity.
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says. "Together, we can drown out the
destruction of society’s hatred and
homophobia."
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Serving Tulsa’s Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual Communities - Our Families of the Heart June 15 -July 14, 1995, Volume 2, Issue 7
FRIENDS IN UNITY
AFRICAN-AMERICAN
MEN OF DIVERSE
SEXUAL ORIENTATION
by Tom Neal
In the African-American
community, there are men who
have sex with othermenbut who
do not see themselves as Gay or
Bisexual. These men may never
be reached by messages target
Gay & Bi men about safer sex
and HIV/AIDS. Reaching these
men is part of the mission of
Friends in Unity Social
Organization (FUSO), a three
year old community based
organization (CBO) that is run
by and for African-American
men of diverse sexual
See FUSO, page 16
British Court Rejects
Military Ban Challenge
LONDON - Britain’s High
Court has reluctantly thrown out
a bid to allow homosexuals to
serve in the armed forces. The
court rejected a legal challenge
by four service members
dismissed for being gay.
However, the judge said the
Bfiti.shpol icy probably wotfldn’t
survive much longer because it
was "against the fide of history."
Jeanette Smith, Graeme
Grady, JohnBeckett and Duncan
Lustig-Prean challenged the
Defense Ministry in the High
Court, but lost the appeal -
although not without moral
support from the court. Lord
Justice Simon Brown said he
was refusing the application with
"hesitation and with regret" but
he said that the decision on the
future of the policy must lie with
others, specifically with the
government and with Parliament.
After the court ruling, the four
discharged service members and
their supporters held a press
conference where spokeswoman
Angela Mason said they were
considering an appeal of the twojudge
High Court ruling. The
imnistry saidit was satisfied with
the ruling. Defense Ministry
spokeswoman Ailsa McIntyre
said at a press conference
following the court ruling, "We
See British, page ]2
IN REMEMBRANCE:
MARK VICKERS
HIV/AIDS ACTIVIST
Rec~auy Tulsa lost one of its
most passionate activists to
complications of AIDS. Mark
Vickers, who had only recently
turned 38, left Tulsa and his
world a better place. Mark was
best known for his work as an
HIV/AIDS activist. According
to one of his friends, the Rev.
Leslie Penrose, Mark became
involved in HIV/AIDS issues in
the middle 80’s. Mark was
involved in the formation of the
HIV Resource Cousorfitwn even
"before it had that name.
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Canadian Court OKs
Same-Sex Adoptions
TORONTO - An Ontario Court
has cleared the way for four
lesbian couples to adopt children,
in what may be a landmark
decision in the country. "There
is a huge emotional advantage to
a child to be adopted and not to
just be in thejoint custody, but to
have two people that they know
for absolutely sure are their
parents and will always be their
parents no matter what," said
Miriam Kanfman.
Kaufman is the biological
mother of 2 children, Jacob and
Abiva, but her partner Roberta
Benson of Toronto had no legal
fight to adopt the youngsters
before Judge James Paul Nevins
of the Ontario Court’ s provincial
division, declared adoption
limited to opposite-sex couples
was discriminatory. The judge
issued adoption orders for all the
couples in the case. Four lesbian
couples won similar adoption
rights in the case. All four cases
involved couples in which one
of the women was the biolo~cal
parent of the children. It remains
unclear how the court ruling
might affect gay and lesbian
couples trying to adopt when
that’s not the case. Brenda
Cossman, a family-law professor
at York University’s Osgoode
Hall Law School, said the ruling
becomes powerful ammmfition
See Canada, pare 12
.TULSA FAMILY NEWS
COMMUNITY
AWARDS
See Awards, page 3
EDITORIAL/LETTERS, PAGE 2
DIRECTORY, PAGE 2
NEWS BRIEFS, PAGE 4
HEALTH BRIEFS, PAGE 6
TOHR REPORTER, PAGE 10
EVENTS CALENDAR, PAGE 11
FINANCIAL ADVICE, PAGE12
YOUR HOROSCOPE, PAGE 18
PRIDE PI.CNIC
OKC PARADE
TOHR FOLLIES
Pride Logo by Kelly Vandiver
Lesbian/Gay Pride Celebrations
kick off officially in Tulsa
with the annual Pride PiCnic held
at Mohawk Park Pavilion no. 6.
The picnic begins at noon. The
organizers of this year’s picnic
have designated the Gay &
Lesbian Commumty Center as
the beneficiary of any funds
raised. As in-the past, beverages
are free and there is no admission
fee except a $1 per car charged
by the park at the p~k entrance.
Organizers are requesting a $2
TULSA ACTIVISTS
ATTEND DALLAS
LEADERSHIP
CONFERENCE
Over the Memorial Day
weekend, several Tulsa activists
journeyed to Dallas to brush.up
on leadership skills at the 2nd
Leadership Lambda Conference
held at the Anatole Hotel. Tulsa
Oklahomans ’for Human Rights
(TOHR) president, Tim Gillean,
Bud Wharton, co-chair of the
Rainbow Business Guild.
businessman Rick Phillips and
Tom Neat, Tulsa Family News
publisher attended a variety of
workshops, ranging from the nuts
& bolts of political campaign
organizing to time management,
and fundraising.
The keynote speaker was
former debutant, former CBS
news producer and ACT-UP
Lesbian activist, Ama Northrop.
Other nationally known work~
shop leaders were Evan Wolfson,
a top attorney withLambdaLegal
Defense and Education Fund.
Dallas board member of the
Human Rights Campaign Fun
(HRCF) Lori Masters and others
representing Dallas organidonation
for food which after zationsandWashingtOnoneslike
PERSONALS, PAGE 19
~seet~a~e 6 , ’~ the Gay &Lesbian Victory Fund.
Administration Won’t
Enter Amend, 2 Case
WASHINGTON - The Clinton
Administration has declined to
join in an important Supreme
Court case that is expected
determine whether states can
prohibit local legislation
protecting lesbians and gay men
against discrimination.
U.S. Attorney General Janet
Rent said the administration has
decided not to participate in the
Supreme Court case involving
Colorado’s Amendment 2
because the federal government
is not ~ party to the law in
question. Voters in Colorado
narrowly approved the ballot
measure whichwas subsequently
declared unconstitntional by the
state’s Supreme Court. The
measure passed by popular vote
in 1992 specifically bans laws
that prohibit discrimination
against gay, lesbian and bisexual
individuals.
"There was nofederal program
orfederal statute involved,"Reno
said, "and so we determined thal
at this point the federal
government should not
participate.’"
Amendment 2, which has
spawned a handful of similar
state and local measures
prohibiting gay rights protections
around the country, would ban
all Colorado and local la~vs or
regulations that protec~
See Colorado. page 13
Anti-Gay Court Ruling
in Cincinnati’s Measure
CINCINNATI-Cincilmafi’ s onagain,
off-again anti -gay
measure is now back in place
following a federal appeals court
ruling. The U.S. 6th Circuit
Court of Appeals ruled that a
lower court erred when it
overturned a measure that city
voters approved in 1993 which
excludes sexual orientation as a
basis for civil rights protecnons.
Last year a U.S. District Court
declared the referendum
unconstitutional because it
attempts to deny civil liberties of
an identifiable group of people.
The appeals court ruling,
however, said homosexuals are
"an unidentifiable group or class
of individuals whose identity is
defined by subjective and
unapparent characteristics such
"as innate desires, drives and
thoughts.’"
Gay rights advocates were
stamaed by the ruling and said
they would appeal to the U.S.
Supreme Court, which is already
slated to hear a similar case
resulting from Colorado’s
Amendment 2.
Rhode Island OKs
Anti-Bias Law
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Rhode
Island has become the ninth state
in the country to approve
legislation prohibiting discrimination
based on sexual
orientation when the state Senate,
after 11 years of trying, narrowly
approved the measure on a 2~-
21 vote.
The "bill, which has already
been approved by the state House
of Representatives, now goes to
Gov. Lincoln Almond, a
Republican, who has already
indicated he would sign the
measure into law.
The bill bars discrimination in
the s tate in employment, housing,
public accommodations and
credit. Religious organizations
are exempt from the state law.
Opponents of the civil rights
bill attempted without luck to
add a series of amendments,
including one that would have
forced the issue to a state ballot
vote and another that would have
specifically excluded the Boy
Scouts of America.
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going tO get bett~r with each of
us helping. - Tom Neal, editor
OOPS! Tulsa~Family News made a
mistake-in ourMay issue, v.2 #6.
We announced the date of the
Oklahoma City Pride Parade as
Saturday, June 24. It is ac.tgally
Sunday, June 25. We regret this
and hope you, our readers, were
not inconvenienced.
. Tulsa Fatnily News wouldlike
to assure our readers that the
inclusion of the announcement
of a Tulsa Oklahomans for
Human Rights (TOHR) Civic
Affairs committee meetingat the,
end of the editorial, Civil Rights
for Tulsa Lesbians & Gay Men.
Who Decides What’s Best for
Us? in no way represented the
views of TOHR nor should
readers infer that the commi ttee
shared our editorial opinion.
While Tulsa Family News
hoped we had made this
distinction clear by identifying
the columnas the editor’s opxmon
and by a disclaimer at the end of
the column, we regret, that some
folks may have perceived it
otherwise.
Although I rarely agree with
vour opinions, I must applaud
your recent editorial regarding
"Civil Rights for Tulsa Lesbians
& Gay Men: Who Decides
What’s Best for Us?". Until the
Human Rights Commission’s
hearings last year, I was not
politically involved at all.
However, when I learned that
my rights and the rights of my
family were being talked about,
I felt it my obligation to become
involved. I find it hard to believe
that I was the only person who
got involved and worked up
about the Gay Rights issue only
to be left out of the decision
making. To those of us who are
not in the know, or who don’t
run in the circles of people that
are privileged enough to hear
about what is going on behind
the scenes, it seems as if the ball
has been dropped.
While I am sure that the same
people who have always been
fighting for Gay rights are still
doing their part and doing it to
the best of their ability, their
failure to inform the commtmity
at large and ask for more
involvement does not promote
involvement from those who
have not been previously
involved. In fact, when people
like me who are interested in
doing their part can’t even seem
to find out what is happening,
who to talk to etc., it nearly
promotes political apathy.
I understand that experience
and tact are useful characteristics
in people who are trying to
change things in the face of the
difficulty that comes from
politics. But, I believe that each
and every person in our
community has useful skills and
life experiences that will aid our
fight against discrimination. Not
necessarily do I want to be the
person sitting and chatting with
the Mayor, but I do feel like a
meaningful discussion between
the entire Gay/Lesbian
community of Tulsa and the
people who are leading the
struggle would benefit everyone.
Thank you for brining this
issue out of the closet. It is my
hope that this will indeed strike
up a dialogue. We’ve given the
Mayor and the City Council
plenty of time with which to
ponder the Human Rights
Commission’s recommendations.
Now, it’s time we talk
about what to do next.
Debbie Harding, Tulsa
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*Canterbury Ministry Center, University of Tulsa 583-9780
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*Community of Hope, 1347 N. Yale 838-7232
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*Family of Faith MCC, 5451-E So. Mingo 622-1441
Friends In Unit3’,
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*MCC of Greater Tulsa, 1623 N. Maplewood 838-1715
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Tulsa Family News Pride Awards
The editors of Tulsa Family News encounter many, many folks in the course of
covering news in and about the Lesbian/Gay/Bi communities. To commemorate Tulsa
Pride, Tulsa Family News would like to recognize a number of folks’and businesses with
our "Thumbs Up" and "Thumbs Down" awards. This list is not comprehensive of all the
folks doing good (or bad) deeds in Tulsa. If there are folks whom you think should be
recognized next year, please write us with their names and good/bad deeds. Thank you.
Thumbs Up Award:
Ric & Kelly Kirby - Service to community - TOHR & HIV AdvOcacy
Nancy & Joe McDonald - Service to community - PFLAG
Lisa Pottorf - Lesbian/Gay/Bi,Youth Outreach
Kharma Amos - Service to community - Family of Faith MCC
Derrick Davis & RF Renfro - Service to community - FUSO
- -- Dennis Nei,lt, BiltHinkle .&-Barbara Longwirth -
Service to community - Human Rights Commission
Alice Jones - Eongtime Service to community - MCC Greater Tulsa
Brian Jackson - Service to community - HI3/advocacy
Janice Nicklas - Service to community - HIV advocacy
Phil Wiley & Vernon Jones - Service to community - HIV advocacy & more
Alice Wilder Bates - Service to community - A .Friend for A Friend
Marty Newman.- Service to community - Black & White & more
The Tulsa Worm for its improved coverage of Lesbian & Gay issues.
Tulsa Congressman Steve Largent -
for a historic 1 st meeting with his Gay & Lesbian constituents.
Thumbs Down Award:
Java Dave’s & Dave Neighbors - for responding to bias against Lesbian/Gay
patrons by trying to get rid of Lesbian/Gay and other "alternative" patrons
and for censoring community newspapers.
City Councilor John Benjamin - for promoting prejudice
and for a general disregard for human rights in Tulsa
The Martin ,Luther King Jr. Commemorative Society - for failing to apologize
for’the anti-Gay comments of their speaker at the King ceremonies.
Thursday. June 29
7:00- 9:00 p.m.
Downtown Library
Room next to Aaronson Auditorium
Senators Don Nickles & James Inhofe -
This meeting is called b,y concerned. Gay/Lesbian citizens.
This is a meeting to facilitate communication between
every existing Gay & Lesbian Group in Tulsa. -
for refusing to meet with their Lesbian & Gay constituents. lfyou are livin-o in Tulsa and are parr of the Gay. /Lesbian communi~ the ~ulsa World for its anti-Gay advertising policies. YOU NEED TO BE AT THIS ;V~EETI.N(;.
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Gramm Woos Religious
Right With Military Issue
LYNCHBURG, Va. - Sen. Phil
Gramm (R-Texas) told the
graduating .class at Jerry
Fal well’ s Liberty University that
hc would support overturning
the "don’ t ask, don’ t tell" policy
of allowing gays and lesbians in
the armed forces in an apparent
effort by the GOP presidential
hopeful to shore up support
among the religious right wing
of the party. ’~Let’ s overturn Bill
Clinton’s destructive and
unworkable policy on gays-in
the military," Gramm told the
Liberty University commencement
audience, although he did
not specify what policy he
supported.
The current policy, however,
was a compromise reached
between Clinton and Senate
conservatives-includingGramm
- after Clinton said he wanted to
end the ban on homosexuality in
the country’ s military altogether.
Grmnm also said he supports
prayer in public schools,
restrictions on abortions, and
rejection of a UN treaty on
children" s rights because it does
not define a fetus as a child
Phil Gramm’s Blue
Movie Investment?
WASHINGTON - Sen -Phil
Grmmn. who als0"Said at Liberty
University that .the country is
facing a "moral’crisis," has
de~fied investing money 20 years
ago in a soft-pore film entitled
"’Truck Stop Women." Gramm’ s
former brother-in-law, George
Caton, told the New Republic
that Gramm had invested money
in the fihn in 1974. Caton also
said the film was never made
mad that he offered to return
Gramm" s money to him, but ttmt
the Texas conservative had i
nstead insisted that it be invested
in a film making fun of former
President Richard Nixon.
Gramm denied investing either
in the porn film or knowing
anything about an anti-Nixon
picture.
’Homos’ in the Military
WASHINGTON - Rep. Randy
"Duke" Cunningharn (R-San
Diego) turned the sometimes
acrimonious House of
Representatives floor debates
into a particularly nasty affair
Thursday, May 11, by saying
that the people who back an
environmental bill before
Congress are the same people
who "want to put homos in the
military." "Is there any shocking
doubt?" Cunningham said on the
House floor. "The same.people
that would vote to cut defense
$177 billion, the same ones that
would put homos in the military,
the same ones that would not
fund..."
At this point Rep. Patricia
Schroeder, a Democrat from
Colorado, tried to object by
calling "Mr. Chairman, Mr.
Chairman" several times. But
Cunninghamcuther offabruptly,
saying, "No I will not sit down,
socialist." Rep. Barney Frank(DMass.)
said on the House floor,
"Trying to prove anything to the
Member from California goes
beyond the pale of my oath [of
office], and I won’ t try. I will say
that we are not here talking about
the merits .of that issue [gays in
the military]. We are talking
about the gratuitously bigoted
formulation of it by which it was
injected into this debate.’"
Later Cunningham showed up
at a press conference called by
the Human Rights Campmgn
Fund and was invited by
Elizabeth Birch, HRCF’s
executive director, to apologize
for his remarks. Cunningham
said, "If the term ’homos in the
military’ is offensive, I
apologize." He insisted, however,
that he has not changed his
mind about opposing gays and
lesbians in the armed forces.
General Motors Puts
Ads in Gay Magazine
DETROIT-General Motors has
become the 1st of the country’s
"Big Three" automakers to
advertise in the gay press in the
U.S. The May issue of Out
magazine includes a 2-page ad
ffr GM’s Saturn auto. It is the
. same ad layout GM currently
uses in otherpublications around
the country.
A spokesperson for the
automaker said the advertising
decision was based simply on
"another opportunity to ~each a
group within our market - that
is, people wh~ would Wobably
purchase an import."
British Police Force
Begins Gay Recruiting
BRIGHTON, England - The
pofice in the British south-coast
county of East Sussex have made
history in the United Kingdom
by becoming the first
constabulary in .the country to
solicit gays and lesbians to join
its force. Sussex police have put
ads in Brilain’ s gay Pink Paper
inviting gays and lesbians to
apply for some 350 vacancies
currently openin the force. Wlfile
Britain’ s military forces exclude
homosexuals, the country’s
police services have no such
prohibition. But the Sussex
police are the first in British
history to actively recruit gays
and lesbians as officers.
Mark Lamb, head ofpersonnel
with the Sussex police Said,
"Society is coming around to the
idea that the sexuality of an
individual is no big deal and we
share that view." East Sussex
includes several popularvacation
spots, such as Beachy Head, Rye
and Brighton, which has a large
and politically active community.
The move by the Sussex
police followed a meeting
between John Smith, head of the
Brighton Police, and gay and
lesbian activists.
Buddhists to Perform
Same-Sex Weddings
LOS ANGELES - The World
Tribune,. the newspaper of the
Soka Gakkai International
Buddhist Association, has
reported that the religious group
will now perform wedding
services for same-sex couples,
the same as it now does for
opposite-sex couples.
The newspaper quoted Fred
Zaitsu, SGI’s general director,
who said the change reflected
the Buddhist "spirit of nondiscrimination
and equality."
Soka Gakkai International is the
largest Buddhist religious group
in the United States.
Dyke March in New York
NEW YORK - New York’s
Lesbian Avengers is planning
another Dyke March, slated as
part of this year’s New York
Gay Pride events on Saturday,
June 24. Last year’ s International
Dyke March drew some 20,000
women. The theme of this year’ s
march is "Snatch the Power."
County Revokes Human
Rights Protections.
TAMPA, Fla. - The
Hillsborougia County Commission
has decided on a 4-3 vote to
repeal the "sexual orientation"
section of the county’s human
rights ordinance. Activists had
expected the repeal move after 2
new conservative members were
elected to the commission in last
year’ s elections. Rights activists
said they would challenge the
repeal in court.
Cammermeyer Honored
by Jewish Women
SEATTLE Col. Margarethe
Cammermeyer was one of 3
women given the Hannah
SolomOn Award by the National
Counfil of Jewish Women.
Cammermeyer, the highest
ranking officer to challenge the
military ban on gay and lesbian
service members, was selected
for the honor in recognition of
her work for the rights and
freedoms of others.
Justice Dept. Settles
Military Suit with Pruitt
WASHINGTON - The Justice
Department has settled a 1983
lawsuit filed by Dusty Prultt that
would change her status from an
involuntary discharge from the
U.S. Army because she said she
was a lesbian to a voluntary
retirement with therankofmajor.
Pruitt, a minister with the
Metropolitan Community
Churchin Lakewood, Calif., said
she was ."overjoyed" with the
proposed settlement, which
would allow her to be eligible
for retirement benefits.
North Carolina Film
Festival Controversy
DURHAM, N.C. - Headed by
leaders ofthe county Republican
Party and theChristian Coalition,
scores oflocal anti-gay protesters
showedup attheDurhamCounty
Commission Monday, May 22,
to demand that plans to hold a
gay film festival in June at the
Carolina Theatre should be
halted. Virginia Bunton,
secretary of the Durham County
Republican Party, told the
commissioners, "We would
prefer that the community notbe
exposed to this lifestyle.... We’re
supposed to be protecting our
citizens from some things they
need to be protected from, and
that includes pornography."
Bunton said she had seen none
of the films slated to be shownas
part of the film festival held in
conjunction with the annual
North Carolina Pride ’95
celebrationJune 9-12in Durham.
Even so, Bunton said she intends
to ask the state Attorney General
t o preview the films to determine
if they are pornography under
North Carolina law. The county
commissioners ducked a direct
attack of the film festival, and
instead passed a resolution
asking the Carolina’ s trustees to
provide "parental guidance" for
films that had no ratings and to
consider "downplaying’" its.
advertising for the festi val’s
offerings: - " " " -
Transsexuals Get 2 ID’s
LONDON-With typical British
sang-froid, the LondonTransport
system has announced that it will
begin issuing 2 ID cards to
transsexuals who are in the
processing of changing their
gender. One card will show the
eardholder dressed as a male, the
other as a female to help tickettakers
in the city’s subway
system. To qualify for the dual
ID cards, the individuals must be
under the care of a physician or
psychiatrist.
Amnesty Charges Rights
Violations in Romania
BUCHAREST - Amnesty
International, the human rights
watchdog group based m
London, has strongly criticized
whatit says are continuing rights
violations in Romania 5 years
after the overthrow of the
repressive regime of Nicolea
Ceausescu. Amnestycondemned
what it says are restrictions on
the rights of free speech, the illtreatment
or torture of prisoners
and thedetentionofhomosexuals
simply because of their sexual
orientation. Amnesty acknowledged
thatthings haveimproved
for many people in Romania
since Ceausescu was deposed,
but complained that government
assurance that human rights
would be protected had not been
honored and that abuses were
continuing in the country.
ALA Group Announces
1995 Book Awards
CHICAGO - The American
Library Association’s Gay,
Lesbian & Bisexual Book
Awards Committee has
announced the winners of its
1995 book awards. The top
winners were: "Am I Blue?:
Coming Out from the Silence"
by Marion Dane Bauer; "Skin:
Nathanael Mattingly
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Talldng About Sex, Class & I~lealth studied 741 gay men in ntence simply:~for.......being state Senate rejected Hurley’s legalrights since it would almost
Literature" by Dorothy Allison;
"Uncommon Heroes: A
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Americans" by Phillip Sherm an
and Samuel Bernstein. The
awards will be formally
presented at the 25th anniversary
ALA’ s Gay, Lesbian&Bisexual
Task Force conference in
Chicago on June 24.
GLAAD Takes on Mel
Gibson’s Latest Film
LOS ANGELES ~ The Gay &
Lesbian Alliance Against
Defamation (GLAAD) took to
the streets to hand out leaflets
outside theaters in a half-dozen
cities protesting the opening of
the Mel- Gibson film
"Braveheart." Ellen Carton,
GLAAD’s executive directory
said, "We can’ t fmd any heart in
’Braveheart.’ There’ s nothing
brave about prejudice and
violence." GLAAD said the
portrayal ofthe gay EnglishKing
Edward II in the film was "a
throwback to the classic celluloid
’queer’ played for laughs." The
film. opened at theaters around
the country on May 24.
Lesbian Rights Group
Gets Huge Grant
SAN FRANCISCO - The
National Center for Lesbian
Rights here has received a
whopping $450,000 grant from
the Joyce Mertz-Gilmore
FoundationinNewYork. NCLR
is a public interest law group that
fights discrimination against
lesbians thro.ughout the U.S. The
group says it will use part of its
new funding to beef up
membership, with a goal of
15,000 new members by 1997.
Part of the membership drive
will include setting up its own
home pages on the Internet’ s
.World Wide Web where it hopes
~t can reach thousands ofwomen
with access to few support
resources.
Discrimination Adds to
¯Health Problems
NEW YORK - According to a
report in the Journal of Health
and Social Behavior, gay men
who directly experience
homophobia, anti-gay violence
or discrimination are 2 to 3 times
as likely to suffer from
depression, anxiety, stressrelated
sexual problems, suicidal
thoughts and other negative
pressures. Researchers at the
Columbia School of Public
New York City and concluded
that the men who experienced
anti-gay discrimination or
violence suffered significantly
greatermental distress than those
whodonot. The s tudy also found
that those who also blamed their
own homosexuality as the cause
of the discrimination or violence
were even more likely to
experience emotional stress. The
researchers also found that gay
men who had gone through such
anti-gay experiences dealt with
the stress more effectively ff they
"felt connected to the gay
community."
Museum’s Multicultural
Wedding Exhibit
OAKLAND, Calif. - The
Oakland Museum has just
opened a historical exhibit
covering wedding customs from
Native American traditional
ceremonies to contemporary
same-sex holy unions. The
multicultural exhibit includes
material from the Museum’s
large historical collection of
photographs, costumes and
memorabilia, as well as materials
onloanfrom othermuseums and
private collections. The exhibit
tracks how couples meet,
engagement customs, prewedding,
celebrations, nuptial
ceremomes and honeymoons,
with short histories of how the
customs evolved. Among the
wedding garments, ranging from
a Japanese kimono to a 19th
century embroideredladdalgown
from Turkey, are the matching
pair of colorful shirts worn by
two men during their wedding.
Gay Albanian Group Gets
Official Recognition
TIRANE, Albania - Injust over
one year after forming in 1994,
the Gay Albania Society has
moved from being a secretive,
illegal association in what was
once the hardest of the hard-line
Communist nations, to helping
convince the national parliament
to repeal its anti-gay laws earlier
this year, tonow winning official
recognition, the Open Media
Research Institute has reported.
Tlie Gay Albania Society was
secretly formed with an
anonymous membership in
March 1994. By the beginning
of this year, the society had been
instrumental in convincing the
Albanian Parliament to drop
Article 137, which carried a
maximum 10 year prison se
homosexual." When the new
penal code went into effect at the
beginning of June, the Albania
government also extended
formal recognition of the Gay
Albania Society as a registered
citizens’ associationrepresenting
the interests of a class of the
COuntl’y.
Lesbian Parental Case
Goes to N.Y, High Court
NEW YORK - The New York
Court of Appeals, the state’s
highest court, has begunhearings
that will decide whether one
partner of same-sex couples can
adopt the biological child of the
other partner. The case involves
a lesbian who is attempting to
adopt the 5-year-old biological
daughter of her mate. The 2
women, identified only as P.I.
and G.M. in court documents,
have been a couple for 19 years.
The women Want to have joint
parental rights to their daughter
because only a legal parent can
make certain decisions for a child
under state law. Beatrice Dohrn
of the Lambda Legal Defense &
Education Fund, which is
handling the appeal, said the case
was being appealed to New
York’s highest court because it
would "determine whether
children with 2 gay parents may
ever have a legally recognized
relationship with both their
moms or dads," Earlier this year,
alower court refused to grant the
adoption, insisting that if it
granted G.M. parental rights it
would have to deny P.I., who is
the biological mother, her rights
as the girl’ s mother.
Gay Conference Costs
Iowa University
DES MOINES, Iowa-The Iowa
le~slatur,e has stripped the state’ s
university system of some
$100,000 in funding which may
- or may not - have been the
result of a successful
international gay studies
conference held last year at the
University of Iowa. Earlier in
May, state Rep. Charles Hurley
sponsored an amendment to the
state’s $752 million university
budget that would have
prohibited any state funded
educational institutions ofhigher
learning from spending public
funds for "’encouraging or
supporting homosexuality as a
positive alternative lifestyle."’
The anti-gay amendment passed
the House by a 50-21 vote. The
amendment, but went on to cut
$100,000 that it had planned to
include in university budgets this
year. Hurley and other
legislators - said the funding cut
was a result of the University of
Iowa’ s "InQueery/InTheory/
InDeed" academic conference in
November 1994. Campuslesbian
& gay groups said they would
continue to sponsor the
conference despite the near
passage of the measure.
Country’s Largest Gay
Meg Hits the Internet
NEW YORK - Out magazine,
the country’s largest selling
lesbigay news publication, has
entered the cyber universe of the
Internet’s increasingly popular
World Wide Web that will for
the first time in gay publishing
history be sponsored by Apple
Computer. Out has set up its
"Web site" on the Internet in
time for June’s gay pride
celebrations around the country,
and will include regularly
updated pride information from
a score of lesbian and gay
publications in New York,
Washington D.C./Seattle, Los
An geles, San Francisco, and
other cities.
The World Wide Web site
address for the publication is:
http://www.out.com and wil!
include reader forums where
Internet readers can carryon
discussions with others on the
Web.
Mayor, City Attorney
Want Gay Couple to Get
Marriage License
ITHACA, N.Y: - The Ithaca
(N.Y.) Journal has reported that
Mavor Benjamin Nichols and
Cit~ Attorney Charles Guttman
both want the city council to
order thecity clerk to issue a
marriage license to 2 gay men
who plan on getting married late
in June. The couple, Toshav
Greene and Phillip Storrs,
applied for the license in May
and ended up. meeting with a
number of the city’s elected
leaders, many of whom say they
now agree the city should issue
the license. Nicholsin fact urged
the city council to pass a
resolution calling on the state to
!.egalize same-sex marriages. It
is uncertain whether the license
will actually be issued, and
perhaps more important, what
such a license would legally
mean in terms of the couple’s
inevitably lead t6 a court case in
the state. Green and Storrs say
they will go ahead with their
planned Jewish wedding
ceremony on June 22 whether
they get the license or not.
¯Annual Conference of
Gay & Lesbian-Jews
NEW YORK - The annual
International Conference of Gay
& Lesbian Jews will meet in
New YorkJuly 27-30 at the New
York Sheraton Hotel. Themed
"Gay & Lesbian Jews: Taking
Our Place in the 21st Century,"
the conference expects more ll~an
1,000 people to attend, and will
feature a keynote address of Yael
Dayan, a member of the Israeli
Knesset Or parliament. The
confab is being hosted by New
York’s Congregauon Beth
Simchat Torah and additional
informationis available byphone
at: (212) 929-9498.
West Virginia University
OKs Domestic Partners
MORGANTOWN,W.Va.-The
University of West Virginia has
approved a school domestic
parmers policy that will, for the
first time in the state, include the
partners of regastered same-sex
staff, faculty and students.
Qualified couples who register
their relationship through the
university will be eligible for a
variety of benefits.
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Rights Mee;ting.
TULSA, OK - Local activists begin
grassroots civil fights effort to address the
stalled City of Tulsa Human Rights
Cormnittee Report on Civil Rights based
on sexual orxentation. On Monday
evening, June 5, a steering cohamittee was
formed to call a community-wide meeting.
Steering Committee members, Bob
Ritz, Kharma Amos, Debbie Harding and
Tom Neal have called a meeting, FIGHT
FOR YOUR RIGHTS - A communttv
meetingfor Civil Rightsfor Lesbians an’d
Gays; for Thursday, June 29 from 7:00
pm until 9:00 pm at the Downtown Tulsa
City/County Public Library in the room
adjacent to Aaronson Auditorium.
Because Tulsa has so many community
organizations, steering committee
members feel that the most appropriate
way to organize is to have a forum where
representatives from each of the existing
orgamzations and members of the Gay;
Lesbian community at large can meet to
discuss publically goals and strategies.
FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHTS - A
community meeting for Civil Rights for
Lesbians andGays will begin withareview
of what’s happened since the emotional
Human Rights Commission’s public
hearings held in May 1994. The steering
committee hopes that out of this meeting
will Come goals and tasks that all parts of
the community can support.
The organizers hope that this meettng
will help pull the Gay/Lesbian community
together into a cohesive, action-oriented
group. Clubs, churches, organizations,
~,-zd businesses are encouraged to have
representation at this meeting. For more
information, call 838-2121.
Vickers cont’dfi’om p. 1
Mark also served on the board of
directors for Regional AIDS Interfaith
Network, the Oklahoma United Methodist
AIDS Task Force and the Tulsa AIDS
Coalition. He founded Rainbow Village,
a project focused on providing shelt, r to
persons living with AIDS. In 1993 his
work was recognized with the Richard
Shackleford HIV Memorial Award and
with the United Way Evergreen Spirit
Award.
Mark also helped to change profoundly
the response of the r~nite-d-Methodi~t
Church of Oklahoma to HIV/AIDS. He
met with Oklahoma’s bishop and with
leaders of the Oklahoma United Methodist
Conference. He also helped to found
Community of Hope, a worship
community" of the United Methodist
Church. At their recent conference,
Oklahoma Methodists honored Mark
Vickers with an extremely rare moment
of silence and prayer.
Mark is remembered by his spouse of7
years, Brad Mulholland. Last July, Brad
and Mark celebrated a Blessing of
Commitment with Community of Hope.
Many, many friends and family cherish
his life and good works which testify to
the strength of his commitment.
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Tulsa Police Dept. Seeks Help on Case
TULSA- Detective Vema Wilson of the Tulsa Police Dept. is seeking any information
readers might have regarding the murder of the late Chris WilcuttYormerly of Bartlesville.
Wilcutt, who frequently cross-dressed, went by the name of "Roxy." He was last seen
walking east on llth St., leaving Metropole at about 1 am early on Sunday, Feb. 26.
Police describeWilcutt as Caucasian, 5’-9", 220# with brown hair & hazel eyes. When
last seen he was wearing a black dress with gold trim and a blond/red wig. Any
information about his movements on Sat. Feb. 25 or early Sun. Feb. 26 is sought by Tulsa
Police. You may call Detective Wilson at 596-9142 or call anonymously at 596-COPS.
Tulsa Pride, OKC Parade & TOHR Follies
expenses will go to the Bnildmg Fund.
Picnic goers are encouraged to bring some extra cash because a number of community
organizations and businesses will have booths with food, information or merchandise.
Sales at these booths benefits the individual organization/business.
On Sat. June 17, several Tulsa churches are having a gospel sgng-fest and on Wed.
June 21, the MCC’s are having a joint worship service. On Friday, June 23, fabulous
Dallas comic, Paul Williams, will perform at ConcessionS.
On the following Sunday, the State-wide Pride Parade will be held in Oklahoma City,
beginning at Memorial Park atNW 35 & Classen and ending at the Habana Inn. Several
Tulsa businesses are planning floats.
TOHR will hold its i5th annual Follies on June 30. A number of other events are
planned for the remainder of the June, please consult the community calendar for details.
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Possible Major
Breakthrough in HIV Fight
SAN FRANCISCO - Researchers with
the University of California at San
Francisco reported at the annual
convention of the American Society for
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology that
a "designer drug" known as a protease
inhibitor may help keep HIV from
replicating and mutating in the body. Dr.
Charles Cralk told the convention that the
computer-designed drug, which has only
been tested in laboratories so far,
apparently blocks a crucial enzyme m
HIV, making it impossible for the virus to
reproduce itself and mutate. In laboratory
tests, the drug kept HIV from infecting
new calls in test tubes and prevented it
from duplicating itself in already-invaded
cells. If the protease inhibitor works as
effectively in humans as it has in the
laboratory, Craik and his colleagues
believe it could be the most important
breakthrough in fighting HIV and AIDS
to date.
Hospital Costs for AIDS Spiral
WASHINGTON - According to a study
by the National Public Healthand Hospital I
Institute, the hospital costs of individual
~atients with AIDS can be as high as
260,000 per year, and in some urban
hospitals can occupy more than 7% of the
available beds daily. The study also found
that patients with AIDS average 12
hospital days per stay, significantly above
the 7.2 day average stay for other patients,
Because many patients with AIDS depend
on Medicaid, Medicare or other public
funds to pay for their care, the study
concludes that if Congress makes large
cuts in Medicaid ’Medicare funding many
hospitals will have to restrict care ofAIDS
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patients.
More Blacks/HispanicsWith HIV
ATLANTA - The Centers for Disease~
Control & Prevention has reported that;
the number of new AIDS cases among
white gay men has fallen off between 3%
and 20% in 3 U.S. cities most hard hit by
the epidemic - New York, Los Angeles
and San Fran cisco - during the past 5
years. The number of AIDS cases among
black gay men in those same cities,
however, has risen dramatically in the
same period. In San Francisco the number
of infections grew 53%, in New York
49%, andin Los Angeles 48% since 1989.
Nationally, the number of new cases
among gay men grew 31% during the past
5 years, the CDC data indicates, while the
national figures increased 79% among
black gay men and 61% among Hispanic
gays.
Infants with HIV May Live Years
CHICAGO - Babies born with HIV may
live for many years, even until they are
teenagers, without getting sick and it may
take that long before anyone realizes they
carry the virus, a new study published in
the journal Pediatrics says. Most
pediatricians have believed that AIDSinfected
newborns die by the time they’re
toddlers, researchers say. Dr. Samuel
Grubman led a study of 42 children ages
9 to 15 who were"born with HIV and
treated at Children’s Hospital of New
Jersey in Newark in June 1993. Ten of the
children showed no symptoms of the
infection, while 8 showed some minor
signs of illness - but not _enough to be
diagnosed. Thirty-six of the 42 showed no
signs of illness until they were at least 4
years old, Dr. Gmbman reported. One 14-
year-old ~d in her program was infected
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......... HIV Home Test Worthwhile
SAN FRANCISCO - Researchers at the
University of California at San Francisco
haveurgedthe U.S. government to approve
a kit that allows people to test themselves
for HIV in their own homes - citing a new
study indicating that millions might be
likely to use it. According to the survey of
nearly 21,000 people by the UCSF
scientists published in the New England
Journal ofMedicine, 29% said they would
probably use the home test if it were
available. The survey also found that of
people considered "at risk" for infection,
42% said they would use the home test,
and31% indicated they wouldpreferusing
the home test rather than other options.
Dole to Co-Sponsor Ryan
White CARE Measure
WASHINGTON - The Log Cabin
Repubficans, the gay and lesbian lobbying
organization, has announced that Senate
Majority Leader Robert Dole of Kansas
has agreed to sign as a co-sponsor of the
Ryan White CARE Reauthorization Act.
Rich Tafel, LCR’s executive director, said,
"This is a major victory for gay
Republicans and the AIDS community.
I"m confident that Sen. Dole will remain
personally involved in the effort to pass
[the measure] quickly, and will be a
unifying influence among the Republicans
in the Senate."
CDC Ends Newborn HIV Testing
WASHINGTON - In a starding move,
U.S. officials have ended the anonymous
testing of newborns for HIV. The
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cancellation of the $10million HIV testing
program was announced ata congressional
hearing shortly before a congressman
urged Congress to require authorities to
inform all mothers of the results of the
tests. The tests have been conducted
anonymously in 45 states since 1988.
FBI Spied on AIDS Groups
WASHINGTON - Documents obtained
under the Freedom of Information Act by
the Center for Constitutional Rights
indicate that the FBI has kept a number of
AIDS and gay rights organizations under
surveillance since the early 1980s when
the g~oup ACT UPbegan. The FBI denied
spying on the groups and said it merely
passed information along to local
authorities about possible violence by
members of the groups. Among the
organizations the FBI kept records on - in
addition to ACT UP - were: the Gay
Men’s Health Crisis, the Coalition for
Lesbian & Gay Rights, and Senior Action
in a Gay Environment, a social services
agencyforoldergays andlesbians. Despite
the FBI’s denials, the agency released
0nly 22 of its 199 pages of files on ACT
UP, claiming the rest of the file was
confidential because of "ongoing lawenforcement
activity" involving ACT UP.
Anesthetic: Another Possible
HIV Transmission Route
SYDNEY - HIV can exist for as long as
4hours in anesthetic, according to a report
published in the Medical Journal of
Australia. The researchers who did the
report say their findings could explain
how 4 women in Australia became infect
ed with HIV in a single day in 1989 while
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being treated by a doctor there who ~as
not himself infected. The researcl~ers
concluded that the ability of the virus to
survive raises the possibility Of
transmission via multidose anesthetic
vials, which allow a doctor to administer
several anesthetic doses on different
patients. The Australian scientists
suggested that multidose anesthetic vials
should be discontinued and the reusing
syringes for anesthetic should be avoided
unless they have first been thoroughly
decontaminated.
Medical Group Endorses
Needle Exchanges
CHICAGO - The annual convention of
the Illinois State Medical Society has
called for legislation that would legally
allow "responsible commumty groups"
to set up needle-swap programs in the
state. Dr. RaymondHoffman, the society’s
president, called needle-exchange
programs a "potentially useful tool to
curb the spread ofHIV" without increasing
the use of illegal drugs.
Needle-Swap Program ,Works
BALTIMORE - Baltimore’s needle
.exchange program has been so successful
an attracting IV drug users to swap used
hypodermic needles for clean ones that
Dr. Peter Beilenson, the city’s health
commissmner, wants to double thenumber
ofneed le-swap sites in the city. The city’ s
program, launched at the beginning of
this year, had expected to attract about
500 people during its first year of
operation, Instead, the program has drawn
some 2,300 people during its first5months
of operation. The city’s monitoring of the
programs also indicates that IV drug users
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are now shanng needles half as often as
before.
House Military Subcommittee
OKs Anti-HIV Measure
WASHINGTON - The national security
military personnel subcommittee of the
House of Representatives has voted to
approve anamendment sponsoredby Rep.
Robert Dornan (R-Calif.), the
subcommittee chairman, that would bar
abortions at armed forces hospitals and
authorize discharging military personnel
infected with HIV. The nation’s armed
forces currently prohibit individuals with
HIV from joining; but troops diagnosed
after.recruitment are permitted to continue
serving as long as their health allows and
are not allowed to serve outside tile U.S.
The Defense Department and the
Department of the Army both oppose
Doman’s measure, which would mandate
honorable discharge within 6 months of
diagnosis.
Calif. Assembly OKs Medicinal
Marijuana Measure
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The California
Assembly has narrowly OKed legislation
by a 41-30 vote that would permit
p.hysicians to prescribe marijuana
cigarettes for patients who are terminally
or chronically ill, although a number of
conservative legislators objected that the
bill wouldpromote drug usein the state. If
the measure in fact does become law,
physicians would be able to prescribe
marajuana for their patients with AIDS,
cancer, glaucoma or multiple .sclerosis.
The bill still requires approval by the
Senate and the signature bf Gov. Pete
Wilson f0 become law. Last year Wilson
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government also ended its ban on
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Hillary Clinton Launches
Pediatric HIV Campaign
WASHINGTON-Citing a study showing
that treatment can reduce the risk of
mothers transmitting HIV-to their
newborns, Hillary Rodham Clinton has
launched a campaign urging pregnant
women to get tested for the virus. The
campaign, designedby the Pediatric AIDS
Foundation, "will .reach out and give
women the information they need to
protect their own health and the health of
their children," she said. Clinton also said
that, according to the National Institutes
of Health study, almost 6,000 American
women infected with HIV give birth
annually and, without treatment, 20% to
25% of those babies are born infected..
AIDS Fundraiser Expects $5M
HOLLYWOOD - The 2nd annual
California AIDS Ride, a 550-mile bicycle
trek from San Francisco to Hollywood
that has just ended, is expected to raise
more than $5 milli on, making it the largest
AIDS fundraiser in the U.S. Among the
some 1,800 bike riders, about 10 have
AIDS and up to 250 are HIV-positive.
Celeb Judith Light of the TV comedy
"Who’s the Boss?" said after the 7-day
ride, "It looked impossible, but it was
possible because of everyone’s
commitment."
Gelid Moves to Univ. of Maryland
BETHESDA, Md. - Dr. Robert C. Gallo,
one of the country’s best-known and most
controversial AIDS researchers, will set
up his Institute of Human Virology atthe
University of Maryland’s Medical
Biotechnology Center in the hopes of
attracting other prominent scientists and
biotechnology finns to contribute their
discoveries. Gallo said that the institute
will .workonbasic researchanddeveloping
vacones, gene therapies, and new drugs
to fight HIV - as well-as gain a deeper
understanding of the biology behind the
virus. Gallo had been with the National
Institutes of Health for 30 years.
HIV-Infected Women at Higher
Risk for Cervical Cancer
TORONTO- Early data-from the
Canadian Women’s HIV Study Group
indicates that women infected with HIV
are at greater risk of being stricken with
severe cervical cancer than uninfected
women. The study group’s preliminary
data found that half of some 300 women
infected with HIV that were examined
also had HPV - the human papilloma
virus associated with cervical cancer. Dr.
Catherine Hankins, one of the study’s
chiefinvestigators, also said that a fifth of
the women examined had squamous
dysplasia, an early indicator associated
with the cancer. The rates found in the
study were at least double those expected
in the general population.
AIDS Project-k.A. Looking for
Conservative PR Firm
LOS ANGELES - One of the first acts of
Allen Carrier after taking over as director
of communications for the AIDS ProJect-
Los Angeles is to try to find a public
relations firm in. Washington D.C. with
solid links to the Republican Party. Carrier
says APLA wants a GOP-cormected PR
firm to conduct an HIV education
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CO-DEPENDENCY SUPPORT GROUP -
Weekly ~ting 7:30? E~{~ 0~ Ea[th MCC.
~51-E South Mingo. Ca1162~’~:~1 for Info.
HIV TESTING - TOHR~Ii~;’ "Free and
BLESS THE IORD..AT, ALL TIMES
CHRISTIAN CENTER- Sunday School 9:45,
Morning Worship Service 11:00. 2627-B
East 11th. Call 583-7815 for Info~
BLGA - University of Tulsa. 6:30 p.m.
Canterbury Center.
COMMUNITY OF HOPE (United Methodist) -
Evening Worship Service 6:00. 1347 North
Yale, Call 838-7232 for Info.
FAMILY OF FAITH MCC - Morning Worship
Service 11:00. 5451-E South Mingo. Call
622-1441 for Info.
.MCC OF GREATER TULSA - Morning
Worship Service 10:45 1623 North
Maplewood. Call 838-1715 for Info.
THE BANNED - Gay Band - Practice weekly
HIV TESTING :~.TOHR Clinic. Free and;;
Anonymous testing using fingerstick method.
No appointment required. Walk in test hours:
7:00 - 8:30 pm. Results Hours: 7:00 - 9:00
pm. Call 749:4194 for Info,
LAMBDA .BOWLING LEAGUE - Bowling
begins at 8:45. Sheridan Lanes 3121 South
Sheridan.
ITUESDAYS I
MINISTER’S CLASS - Bless the Lord at All
Times Christian Center. 7:30 p.m. 2627-B
East 1 lth. Call 583-7815 for Info.
AUTHORITY OF THE BELIEVER - Bible
Study 7:00/ MCC of Greater Tulsa 1623
North Maplewood. Call 838-1715 for Info.
BLESS THE LORD. AT ALL TIMES
CHRISTIAN CENTER - Choir Practice ~7:00.
2627-B East 11th. Call 583-7815 for Info.
FAMILY OF FAITH ’MCC - Potluck 6:30.
Bible Study 7:00. Choir Practice 8:00. 5451-
E South Mingo. Call 622-1441 for Info.
ITHURSDAYS
16-STEP EMPOWERMENT GROUP FOR
WOMEN - 7:00. Women’s support group.
Community of Hope. 1347 North Yale, Call
Anonymous testing usingfingerst!pk method.
No appointment required. Walk in test.hours:
7:00 - 8:30 pm. Results Hours: 7:00 -.9:00
pm. Call 749:4194 for Info.
PRAYER TIME - 7:00 p.m. MCC of Greater
Tulsa. 1623 North Maplewood;~,. Call 838-
1715 for Info.
TULSA FAMILY CHORALE Weekly
practice 9:30 pm. Lola’s. 2630 E. 15th St.
ISATURDAYS I NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS - Meets weekly
at 11:00 pm. Provides confidential support.~
for recovering addicts. Community of Hope,
IJ u N E 1 4 I FAMILY AIDS SUPPORT GROUP Meeting. 6:30 p.m. PFLAG. 4154- Ij u N E 3 o I !J u L Y 1 8 I WEDNESDAY NIGHT WOMEN’S
SUPPER CLUB - La Nortena. South Harvard - Lower Level Call 583- TOHR FOLLIES TOHR’s annual TOHR BOARD MEETING. 7:00 p.m. 6408 5147 for Info. entertainment extravaganza. Many new TOHR Office. 41st & Harvard. Call South Peoria. 6:30 p.m.
performers. 8:00 p.m. All Soul’s 743-4297 for Info.
IJ.u N E 1 7
COMMUNITY-WIDE GOSPEL SING -
Kick off pride week with a gospel sing at
Family of Faith MCC, 5451-E South
Mingo. Will include MCC Tulsa, Bless
the Lord at All Times, Community of
Hope and other area churches. Call
622-1441 for more info.
OK FLAMES WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
- McLain High School. $5/ticket. 7:30
p.m Call beeper 646-6455 for more
info.
FAMILY OF FAITH SPAGHETTI
DINNER - 5:30 p.m. prior to Gospel
Sing. Donations only. 5451-E South
Mingo. Call 622-1441 for info.
Unitarian Church. 2932 South Peoria
Call 743-4297 f0rTicket Information.
WOMEN’S COFFEE HOUSE - Java
Dave’s. 3310 South Peoria. 6:30 - 9:00
p.m. Call Beeper 646-6455 for more
info.
IJ U LY 5 I
FAMILY AIDS SUPPORT GROUP -
Meeting. 6:30 p.m. PFLAG, 4154
South Harvard- Lower Level. Call 583-
5147 for Info,
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VVV GAY PRIDE WEEK
IJ UNE 18
TULSA PRIDE PICNIC - Annual Gay
Pride Celebration held at Mohawk Park,
Shelter #6. Food/Drink/Entertainment.
Also booths and information distribution.
Minimal charges for food this year.
Beer still free. 12:00- 6:00. Ceremony
and exhibition softball/volleyball begin
at 2:00. Call 832-0233 for Info.
IJ UNE 20
TOHR BOARD MEETING. 7:00 p.m.
TOHR Office. 41st & Harvard. Call
743-4297 for Info.
IJ.,u N~E 2 1 I
COMMUNITY CHURCH SERVICES.
MCC of Greater Tulsa. Special for Gay
Pride Week.. Also includes Family of
Faith MCC and other ~area churches,
1623 North Maplewood. Call 838-1715
for Info.
IJUNE 23 I
GAY COMEDY NIGHT Paul J.
Williams will appear to benefit TOHR.
$5 Cover - Advance tickets or at the
door. 10:00 p.m..at Concessions. 3340
South Peoria. Call 744-0896 for Info,
IJUN E 24
CHURCH GARAGE SALE - Family of
Faith members put on a very large
garage sale. Call 622-1441 for address,
etc.
DANCE CLASS - Community of Hope.
8:00 p.m. 1347 North Yale. Call 838-
7232 for Info.
IJ u N E 25 I
GAY PRIDE PARADE. Oklahoma City.
Assemble from 12:00 - 2:00 at the park.
Parade ends at Habana Inn with a
party.
IJu N E 27
RAINBOW BUSINESS GUILD - Monthly
Meeting 7:00 p.m. Olive Garden - $10.
Call 254-2100 for Info,
IJ UN E 29
FEED THE HOMELESS - Community of
Hope. 1347 North Yale. Meet at church
IJ ULY 8
DANCE CLASS - Community of Hope.
8:00 p.m. 1347 North Yale. Call 838-
7232 for Info.
FESTIVAL OF PRAISE - 1st ever MCC
musical festiva (MCC’s from OK, TX,
LA). Lawton OK. 1:00 4:00.
Followed by weiner roast. For Carpool
information call 622-1441.
IJULY 10 I
PFLAG 101/102 Monthly meeting
6:30-7:30 p.m. 4154 South Harvard,
Ste. H. Call 749-4901 for Info.
SPOUSES For spouses of
Gay/Les/Bi/Trans. 7:00-7:30 p.m. social
7:30-8:30 meeting. Call 749-4901 for
Info.. Sponsored .by PFLAG.
at 5:30 p,m, and caravan to Day Center TOHR
for the Homeless, Call 838-7232 for
Info,
FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHTS
Community meeting for Civil Rights for
Lesbians & Gays, Every organization
should have a representative and YOU
NEED TO BE THERE, 7:00 - 9:00 p,m,
Downtown Library, Lecture room next
tO Aaronson Auditorium, Call 838-2121
for more info,
MEMBERSHIP MEETING.
Monthly Meeting. 6:30 Social 7:00 p.m,
Meeting. "l"he Gathering Place. 4154
{JULY 19 I
FAMILY AIDS SUPPORT GROUP
Meeting. 6:30 p.m, PFLAG. 4154
South Harvard - Lower Level. Call 583-
5147 for Info,
IJULY 22 I
DANCE CLASS - Community of Hope.
8:00 p.m. 1347 North Yale. Call 838-
7232 for Info.
IJULY 24 I
RAINBOW BUSINESS GUILD - Mor~thly
Meeting 7:00 p.m, Call 254-2100 for
Info.
IMISCELLAN EOUS
GROUP MEETINGS
GLAS Gay & Lesbian Student
Association - TJC Southeast Campus.
Call 631-7632 for info.
LAGPAC- Lesbian and Gay Political
Action Committee. Call 838-1222 for
Info.
LOG CABIN REPUBLICANS - Gay and
Lesbian ~Republican Group. Call 832-
0233 for jnfo,
SWAN Single Women’s iActivity
Network.
TOHR CLINIC- In addition to.Thursday
Clinic HOurs (see Thurs~lays)~ offers
daytime testing by appointment Monday
- Thursday from 10 am - 5 p,m. Call
RIGHTS LEAGUE. Muskogee Library:. Info.
6:00-p.m. - 9:00 p,m. Write P.O. Box
WEDNESDAY NIGHT WOMEN’S
614 - Muskogee, OK 74402 for more
SUPPER. CLUB - Meets at varying
Info. locations :~the 2rid or 3rd Wednesday of
each month.
Do you have a group or event that should be listed in the TOHR Community Calendar? If so, please c~ll us at 838-2121. I
Every effort was made to ensure the accuracy and completeness of th s calendar; however, neither Tulsa Family News nor TOHR assumes responsibility for errors or omissions.
Colorado cont’dfrom p. 1
are obviously very pleased that the policy
of excluding homosexuals from the armed
forces has been examinedin deptlj during
the judicial review and that the court has
concluded that it is lawful."
In argmng against the policy, attorney
for the four, David Pannick, told the High
Courtjustices that the main reason behind
the ban is simply that some service
members feel uncomfortable around
.homosexuals, a prejudice that’s been used
.m the pastaboutblack andJewishmembers
m the armed forces. "’I invite your
Lordships to conclude that this purported
justification is quite simply a disgrace,"
he told Lord Justice Simon Brown of the
court. "The armed forces are pandering to
the worst types of prejudice about wholly
irrelevant characteristics."
British Defense Ministry officials
maintain that homosexuals pose a problem
for the military because their presence
couldundermine moraleandeffectiveness.
The ministry also argues that gays and
lesbians pose a potential security risk - an
argument th at even U.S. military officials
have abandoned for lack of evidence.
Canada cont’dfrom p. 1
for activists fighting for equal rights in the
courts throughout Canada. "I think that
even thoughit strictly speakingisn’t going
to. be binding in other provinces," she
said, "it shows that the arguments are not
without legal precedent now and in fact
are qmte reasonable and I think will
certainly help them make their cases."
Mixed. Ruling from
Canada’s Supreme Court
OTTAWA-TheCanadian Supreme Court
has ruled that same-sex couples are not
eligible for the same public spousal
pension benefits as other cot!pies in the
country. The high court ruling, however,
also concludes that discrimination based~
on sexual orientation is prohibited unde~’
Canada’s Charter of Rights - the first time
the country’s Supreme Court has
d.efinitively ruled on the issue.
The court ruled 5-4 that James Egan
and John Nesbit, a British Columbia gay
couple whohave lived together since 1948,
are not entitled to receive spousal pension
benefits under Canada’ s Old Age Security
Act. The court concluded that the refusal
to extend the pension benefits to the couple
amounted to discrimination in violation
of the Charter of Rights, but that the
exclusion was justifiable discriminauon
because the legislature’s goal in setting up
the co untry’s pension system was to help
poorer elderly women. The court also said
that Parliament had decided to extend
certain financial support to married
couples, which the court concluded is by
its nature a heterosexual institution.
Canadian Appeals Court
Overturns Sodomy Law
TORONTO - An Ontario appeals court
has unanimously ruled that a law making
consensual anal intercourse illegal unless
the two people are mamed or above the
age of 18 is a violation of the Canadian
Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The 3-
judge Ontario Court of Appeals ruled that
the criminal code provision violates the
Charter because it penalizes gay men.
Justice Rosalie Abella said in her opinion
that the law "arbitrarily disadvantages
gay men by denying to them until they are
18 a choice available at the age of 14 for
those who are not gay, namely their choice
of sexual expression with a consenting
parmer to whom they are not married."
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homosexuals from discrimination. The
¯ state Supreme Court ruled last year ~at
the measure is unconstitutional becaus’e it
violates the fundamental right for a class
of individuals to participate equally in the
political process.
HRCF Reacts to Justice Dept.
Decision on Amendment 2
.WASHINGTON-Below is apress release
Issued by the Human Rights Campaign
Fund regarding the Justice Department’s
decision not to enter a brief in the U.S.
Supreme Court appeal of Colorado’s antigay
Amendment 2:
The Clinton Administration has refused
to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to strike
down Colorado’s anti-gay Amendment 2
as the high court prepares to decide on the
constitutionality of the discriminatory
measure. The Haman Rights Campaign
Fund (HRCF) and the Leadership
Conference on Civil Rights, the nation’s
leading civil rights coalition, hadrequested
that the Administration file a friend~ofthe-
court brief calling on the Supreme
Court to overturn Amendment 2.
"This was a bad legal and political
decision," said HRCF Executive Director
Elizabeth Birch. "Staying silent in this
case gives aid and comfort to extremists
who wouldn’t support the President under
any circumstances, and gravely
disappoints fair-mindedAmericans. Most
people support equal rights for lesbian
and gay people and oppose the kind of
discrimination embodied in Amendment
2."
Amendment 2 is the ,ordy-statewide.-
anti-gay measure passed by voters. Last
year, voters in Idaho and Oregon defeated
anu-gay initiatives in the midst of the
Republican sweep. The 1992 Colorado
measure would overturn local laws
prohibiting discriminationand prevent
state and local governments from passing
similar laws in the future. Colorado’s
Supreme Court last year. struck down
Amendment 2 as unconstitutional,
declaring that the measure denied
supporters of equal rights for lesbian and
gay people the basic right to participate in
the democratic process.
"The issue before the court is one of
fundamental fairness, and whether any
group of Americans should be denied
access to the democratic process," Birch
said. "The federal government has a dear
interest in standing up for these
fundamental principles.We are extremely
disappointed in this decision, but in the
end the Supreme Court will decide on the
merits of the case."HRCF was the largest
single financial contributor to the legal
challenge against Amendment 2. The
nation’s largest lesbian and gay political
organization, HRCF works to end
discrimination, secure equal rights, and
protect the health and safety of all
Americans.
NGLTF Statement on Reno’s
Amendment 2 Decision
WASHINGTON - The following is a
press statement issued by the National
Gay and Lesbian Task Force after U.S.
Attorney General Janet Reno’s
announcement:
According to Justice Department
officials, the Department does frequently
file briefs even in those cases where no
federal program or statute is involved.
~The Att0me~Geia~al i01d the press that
she did not consider the political issues
belfind the case, and instead focused on
constitutional questions and federal
intervention. However, published reports
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indicate that heated discussions regarding
the political, andlegal implications offiling
a brief were taking place within the Justice
,:tOepartment and between the Justice
Department and the White House, Reports
indicate that presidential advisor George
Stephanopoulos had expressed concern
about the political ramifications if the
Administration fried a brief.
President Bill Clinton last year
denounced ballot measures such as
Colorado’s Amendment 2 as
discriminatory and divisive, saying at the
time that "those who would legalize
discrimination on the basis of sexual
orientation or any other grounds are
gravely mistaken about the values that
make our nation strong."
"Clearly, we’re angry that this
Administration would refuse to take a
stand against discrimination," said Kerry
Lobel, Deputy Director at the National
Gay and Lesbian Task Force. "The
President denounced these types of ballot
measures last year. It’s dismrbingto see
the President reject this chance to back up
those comments with decisive action,
especially when this is one of the most
important gay-related cases to ever reach
the Supreme Court. We look to the
President to actonprinciple, notjust speak
about it." Colorado’s Amend. 2
dangerously allows the majority of voters
to limit the civil rights and political access
of one group of citizens - in this case, gay
men, lesbians and bisexuals. Amend. 2
permits discrimination against certain
citizens, and then blocks those citizens
from using the established legislative
r process to seek relief from that
discrimination.These are the issues that
will be facing the Supreme Court as it
decides the fate of Amendment 2.’"
Calif. Attorney General
Supports Amend. 2
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California
Attorney General Dan Lungren has
stunned rights activiffts in the state by
joining 6 other attorneys general from
around the country in asking the U.S.
Supreme Court to uphold Colorado’s antigay
ballot measure. Lungren told reporters
that he was not endorsing Amend. 2 itself,
but had signed an amicus (friend of the
court) brief asking that the country’s high
court overturn the Colorado Supreme
Court ruling that declared Amend. 2
unconstitutional because it was overly
broad and vague.
He said he signed the amlcus brief
because the Colorado court had declared
that any "independently identifiable
group" is entitled to equal protection in
~eConstitution. This, Lungren said, could
g~ve constitutional protections to
"deadbeat dads,blue-eyed people, bald
people, fat people" and others.
Robert Bra~ of the National Gay &
Lesbian Task Force said in a prepared
statement: "It is disingenuous for the
California Attorney General to imply that
by granting gay people protection from
discrimination, it opens the door for any
’special interest group’ to seek rights...’.
Lungren xs playing the politics of
scarcity:.. [and] implies that by expanding
protections to some, it-disprivileges
others."
Metropolitan Community
Church of Greater Tulsa
Where God Uplifts All People
Sunday Service, 10:45 am
Wednesday Service, 6:30 pm
Home Cell Groups, 2nd & 4th Sundays
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Sports From A Lesbian/Gay Perspective
NBA Star’s Candid Ta~ in
’Sports Illustrated"
NEW YORK - Dennis Rodman, the
flamboyant San Antonio Spurs player,
made the cover this Sports Illustrated- in
itself not particularly newsworthy, even if
the orange-haired Rodman is gussied up
in a bright tank top, metallic hot pants and
a dog collar studded with rhinestones.
More noteworthy - especially considering
the often up-tight macho world of
professional sports - are Rodman’s fairly
candid views on homosexuality. The pro
basketball hop,pster told the magazine that
he oftel~ goesTo gay bars, has no problems
hugging or kissing men friends and,
although saying he has never had sex with
another man, said, "I visualize being with
another man." Rodman is quoted in the
magazine as saying, "Everybody
visualizes being gay ~ they think, ’Should
I do it or not?’ The. reason they can’t is
because they think it’s unethical. They
think it’s a sin. Hell, you’re not bad if
you’re gay, and it doesn’t make you any
less of a person."
CBS Sportscaster Rankled by
Lesbians in Pro Golf
WILMINGTON, Del. - CBS-TV
sportscaster Ben Wright has been ordered
to a meeting with the CBS Sports
department in New York and at least
temporarily pulled from reporting on the
Ladies Profe~,ssional Golf Assn.
championshipi~in Delaware after a
Delaware newspaper quotedhim as saving
that "lesbians.i~ the sport hurt women s
golf" and are:turning it into a "butch
game" which would cause sponsors to
drop women’s golf. Wright was also
quoted by the Wilmington N~ws-Joumal
as saying that women are "handicappe,~
by having boobs" because it makes it
difficult for them "to keep their left arm
straight... Their boobs get in the way."
LPGA officials said they knew of. no
problems with sponsors because of any
concerns over lesbians in tournamentplay.
RobinKaneof_the~__~National Gay &Lesbian
Task Force sai&, "Lesbians don’t hurt
women’s golf- BenWrighthurts women’s
golf, and his own profession as well. Such
outrageous and demeamng comments
certainly raise questions about Wright’s
ability to cover women’s sports fairly."
KOIN-TV of Portland, Ore., broadcast
coverage of the 1991 Masters Golf
Tournament that included an ethnic slur
in referring to a Japanese golfer. In the
footage aired by the station, Wright
remarks, "" former champions aplenty -
Watson and Nicklaus at 4-under, with the
Jap Ozaki, who is striking a blow for the
foreigners.’"
AIDS Takes High Five’
Baseball Player
OAKLAND, Calif. - Glenn Burke, the
openly gay former Oakland Athletics and
Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder, has died
of complications related to AIDS. Burke
was widely believed among teammates to
be gay whenhe startedplaying pro baseball
in 1976, and after quitting the game reader
duress in 1980 he said he believed he had
been shoved out of the game because of
homophobia in pro sports. In addition to a
short but impressive career with both the
A’s and the Dodgers, Burke is credited
with starting one of the most popular and
common signals of victory in professional
sports today - the "high-five" sign.
READ ALL ABOUT IT suggested readings, included in the book, are excerpts from books ("One. Teenager
by Barry Hensley in Ten," "Long Time Passing: Lives of
Circulation Supervisor Older Lesbians," "No Turning Back")
Tulsa City-County Library and periodicals ("Christian Century,"
One of the most sensitive topics facing "Christopher Street").
gays,lesbians andbisexualsinour society This book also includes examples of
is how religion deals with sexual Services for the gay positive church, which
orientation.Theconstant,negativerhetoric can be adapted to local Situations. These
that comes from some powerful leaders include Communion Services, Services
has led many gay people to dismiss of Healing for Those Affected by AIDS
organized religion, parti- and Services of Union for
cularly Christianity. Homo- One o[ the most homosexual couples. The
sexuality and Christianity final part of "The Welare
sometimes assumed to sensitive topics coming Congregation"is an
bemuttmlly exclusive. "The faeln~ Gays, elaborate bibliography
Welcoming Congregation" Leslalans and which has over 70 entries of
addresses this and other Bisexuals in our
books, films, sermons and
pertinent issues with a periodicals of interest.
structure of guidelines for soeiety is laow This bookis notjustfor
congregations attempting to religion deals organized churches. It will
include gay persons in their with sexual also be helpfnl for people,
churches, of any sexual orientation,
Although published by orientation. The who are searching for just
the Unitarian Universalist constant, ne~atlve the right spot to fulfill their
Association, ~airdy for use rlaetorie that commitment of faith. It
in UU churches, these includes many examiguidelines
can be used by comes,,,fr°m some nations of biblical passages
any group or denomination, powerlul leaders that are often used to deny
Beginning with suggestions laas led many homosex,aals equality, and
for determining where your how thosepassages are often
congregation stands On the Gay people to- used out--of context and
topic of sexual orientation, dismiss or~anlzed ultimately contradict other
this guide continues with ten religion.... passages. As a result, this is
detailed workshops to help good information to draw
understand the unique on when a biblical debate
problems and concerns of homosexuals, on sexual orientation arises.
Workshop topics include "Gender This:pra~tical"guide; While not foi:"use
Socialization and Homophobia," "Biblical in every religious situation, is a thought -
Perspectives on Homosexuality" and provoking attempt to create a positive
"How Homophobia Hurts Heterosexuals." religious environment for homosexuals.
Each workshop explanation includes what It is a welcome resource.
materials will be needed, how to structure Check for "The Wel coming
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FAMILY FI.NANCES
THE TRUTH ABOUT
LIFE INSURANCE
by Leanne Gross
The question I am asked most often is
"why doI, a single person withno children
need. life insurance?" Our community has
a vital need for life insurance !!
1. Even if we put both parties’ names on
property and/or assets, the partner left
behind will have to pay taxes on the half
of the property or assets she inherits. Ask
your lawyer. You will be surprised.
Life insurance proceeds are tax free. If
.you do nothing else, buy enough life
insurance to cover taxes and fees so your
partner can keep what you have both
worked so hard to acquire.
.2. A life insurance beneficiary has the
greatest chance of receiving the ~roceeds
than any other option on the market. There
are a few legal cases where the family
contested; however, thejudge usually tries
to honor the wishes of the deceased,
especially if there arejointassets involved.
Notei The owner of a life policy can".
change the beneficiary by simply signing
a form. So, should the relationship not
endure the bumpy road, a life policy
beneficiary can always be changed.
A life insurance p~licy is the best and
simplest way to assure your wishes are
carried out and your partner will be cared
forwhen you are gone.What a wonderful
honor to present to your mate. What
wonderful peace of mind for you.
3. Because Of the AIDS threat, a life
insurance policy could be the answer to a
stable financial lifestyle. Today, if one
contracts an incurable disease, there are
avenues to sell your policy or cashin your
policy to maintain your present lifestyle.
Life insurance is designed for the living as
well as the ones left behind.
There are too many misleading stories
about life ~nsurance and the benefits
available, so, on that note, let’s discuss the
facts about life coverage.
Nolonger are therejust two types oflife
insurance policies available. Companies
have discovered there is a need for a
var~.’ety of life coverage plans to fit the
.variety of lives. A person trained in life
insurance will be able to assist in selecting
the policy which best fits your needs.
However, to understand the basics, I will
discuss term life insurance and cash value
life insurance.
Term is like renting an apartment. Rent
¯ is cheaper. How.ever, you pay and pay,
never owning your own home, never
having an asset, never building your
financial standingl
A cash value life policy is like buying
your home. A little more expensive, but
you will buildupequity within your policy.
The cash value will be available to you or
, ,.y~u can~use one of the many options such
a~’ a) paid-up additional lille coverage b)
stop-payments and let the policy pay for
itself c) use the cash for personal use
through a draw and/or loan.
Note: When you use the cash in a policy,
this act will affect the value of your policy
(the amount your beneficiary would
receive).
Why would anyone purchase a cash
value plan?
1. The cash build up.in the policy is a
wonderful feature for the living. If cash is
needed, it is available for the asking. No
loan applications. No begging, at the bank.
2. Cash value policies are level
premiums. A very important feature. No
.surprise.s. Term poli~ies are available with
mcreasmg or decreasing premiums.
Increasing premiums continue to cost you
more andmore with each year. Decreasing
premiums will decrease through time.
However, no more premiums means no
more coverage. You may be in bad health
or too old to replace your plan. Be careful!
3. The cash whic~ builds within the
cash value plan.accumulates tax-deferred.
As your money earns additional cash
.through interest and ~v!dends paid by the
Insurance company, ~t ~s not taxed until
withdrawn. Therefore, aninsurancepolicy
can also help you to save for retirement or
college. You can kill two birds with one
stone.......Life Insurance and Retirement
Plan for one premium.
Don’t misunderstand me, life insurance
should not be your only retirement plan or
.savings avenue. You must first have the
insurance need (whichwehave discussed).
A cash value policy can just help with
retirement and/or savings, whereas a term
policy doesn’t allow you any options other
than life coverage. This leads to a cormnon
debate: Buy Term and invest the
difference. To make a long story short, in
10 to 15 years, a cash value policy will OU!
perform buying Term and investing the
difference, due mainly to tax advantages.
Run the numbers for yourself, I have.
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HRCF Launches
Membership Drive
WASHINGTON - Pointing out how
dramatically far-right anti-gay
organizations like the Christian Coalition
have outstripped lesbian and gay rights
groups, theHumanRights Caml~aignFund
(HRC.F) has announced that it is launching
a massive membershi p drive during June
at gay pride events in more than 100 cities
in 47 states around the countr)i. With
100,000 members currently, HRCF
nevertheless notes that the Christian
Coalition has a claimed membership of
1.5 million people.
"Thelargest right-wing group has 10 times
as many members as the largest
organizafi,on fighting for Gay and Lesbian
equality,’ said Brian Albert, who is
heading up the hundreds of volunteers
who will be canvassing for new members
during June. ’qlae more people who come
out for equal rights and join HRCF, the
better ,we’ll be able to fight the battles
ahead. Membership rathe group is $20
per year. The group’s address is: Human
Rights Campaign Fund, PO Box 1396,
Washington DC 20013.
HRCF will have a representative at the
Tulsa Pride Picnic on Sunday, June 18 to
provide information and the opportunity
to become a member.
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FUSO
orientation.
R.F. Renfro, public relations
officer.for FUSO, says that the
organization seeks to promote
unity, education, cultural
awareness, with a specific goal
"to buildbridges where gaps exist
and tear down the walls of bad
communication thathavedivided
us." Its mission statement adds
that the organization seeks to be
a progressive force within the
African-American commumty.
R.F. Renfro and Derrick Davis
work with Metropolitan Tulsa
Substance Abuse Services
(MTSAS). They do most of the
Tulsa HIV/AIDS outreach that
targets men of color of diverse
sexual orientation. Davis also
works with Morton Comprehesive
Services as a case
manager. Renfro expressed his
frustration with the many
obstacles to providing both
preventative education and
providing access to services for
persons living withHIV orAIDS.
These issues range from
racism in Tulsa generally, and
racism in Tulsa’s Lesbian/Gay
communities specifically, to.
religiously based anti-Gay
prejudice Ln the African-
American commtmity tO a lack
of access to knowledge and
resources regarding HIV/AIDS
services and programs.
Renfro quotes a friend,
Ernestine Hill, formerly of the
Oklaho.ma State Dept. of Health,
as sayzng, "you have to meet
people where they are." He
elaborates that is the reason for
avoiding labels like Gay or
Bisexual which may be more
accepted in the non-Black
communities. In the African-
American community, especially
among younger men, the
attitude may be that they don’t
consider themselves homosexual.
A man having sex with
anothermanmight say to himself
or to others, "I’m just freaking"
or "I’m just getting off" while
considering himself to be
heterosexual.
One particular difficulty in
providing education and services
in Tulsa’s African-American
cornmtmity is thelack ofprivacy.
With many members of the
community working in health
services in clinics or hospitals
all over the city, it is often
difficult to maintain confidentiality.
This potential for exposure
to loved ones, friends, family
and church creates such fear in
individuals that Renfro knew of
a number of cases where
individuals had avoided getting
life-saving/enhancing treatment
because of privacy concerns.
Many of the fears relating to
family and church are
compounded by attitudes of the
African-American church
toward homosexuality. Renfro
states that the,_c~rches,,seem
quite willing tO:~’cc~tithe~ from
homosexual members and to
accept their participation as long
as the church doesnrt have to
"know" about those members’
sexual orientation, or about HIV
or AIDS. Renfro knows of cases
It all boils down to
respeetlng cultural
dlfferenees, then
finding common
ground.
where not only a person living
with AIDS was forced to leave a
church, along with his family.
He also notes that a fdw
congregations, in particular,
Shiloh Baptist, have been very
open in dealing with HIV/AIDS
issues.
Renfro, who was ordained in
January at Bless The Lord at All
Times Christian Center, has
learned not to argue theology
With ministers who say
homosexuality is an abomination.
He relies personally on a
view that God knew him before
he knew himself, and counts on
God correcting anything which
God finds displeasirig in him.
In addition to current
educational efforts, FUSO is
seeking its Internal Revunue
Service tax-exempt status so that
it can expand its services. In the
longer term, it hopes to have its
own building on the north side of
Tulsa where it can provide
information, testing" and
counseling, a food pantry and
medical equipment. Presently,
many of those services are
available at the HIV Resource
Consortium. However, its
location is a problem and it can
be an intimidating place because
people of color don’t see
volunteers or staffmembers who
are of color or even posters or
magazines featuring people of
color, such as the "Protect the
Blood" campaign which targets
African-Americans. Right now,
FUSO is setting up a support
group for persons living with
HIV/AIDS, and also hopes to
host meetings where local
speakers, such as JeffBeal, M.D.,
can speak about local clinical
trials of experimental treatments
and new drug therapies.
Interestingly, Renfro finds that
the AIDS epidemic has opened a
door for Gay issues in the
African-American community,
as well as finding some common
ground beyond real, cultural
differences. The disease doesn’t
care if you’re White, Black,
Jewish, Catholic, Methodist, etc.
Another part of FUSO is
community building. An
informal tradition of "families"
or mentoring occurs. Renfro
notes that it is.hard to be young,
Black, male and Gay-. He adds it
is hard enough to be accepted in
the larger community (Tulsa),
and even harder to deal with
possible rejection in the African-
American community. One of
the benefits to mentoring is that
itgives olderfolks an opportunity
to let the younger ones know that
there is more to being Gay than
j.ust sex, that there are models for
love and relationships.
Friends in Unity Social
Organization also seeks to be a
leader for African-Americans in
the Lesbian/Gay communities.
Renfro states other Lesbian and
Gay organizations and their
leadership should not assume
they know the needs of African-
Americans, or presume to speak
for them. He adds that they are
willing to engage in discussion
about their needs and broader
community issues. He says that
he is proud to be a Black man
who loves Black men, that he is
proud of his culture and will not
compromise who he is. It all
boils down to respecting cultural
differences, then finding
common ground.
For more information about
Friends in Unity Social
Organization, write POB 8542,
Tulsa, OK 74101 or call 425-
4905.
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Oklahoma’s Own Larry Everett
Wins International Mr. Leather
CHICAGO - Larry Everett of Collinsville was selected as International Mr. Leather
1995, outplacing over 50 other entrants in the 17th year 0f the popular leather contest.
Everett, who is also Mr. Oklahoma Leather this year, represented Tulsa’s Silver Star
Saloon and is the first Oklahoma resident to win the ritle. Larry, who is 34, is a member
ofTool Box Technicians and an honorary member ofTulsa Uniform and Leather Seekers
Associates. Larry is active in several community rights and HIV care organizations and
has worked in local and state Republican politics. He has traveled over 6,000 miles
representing the state of Oklahoma.
The contest was held in Chicago’s Congress Theater.- In addition to prize winning
leathermen from around the world (London, Amsterdam, Toronto, and the US), the
cohtest featured entertainment by video star, Jeff Stryker, Mark Davis and Michael
Griffith. Also, the 1st Intemarional Mr. Leather, David Kloss of San Francisco, who won
in 1979, walked down the rtmway sixteen years later to thunderous applause. First runnerup
was A1 Reese of San Diego & Peter Schoonheim of Amsterdam was 2nd rmmer-up.
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June 16
Sid Spenser, lopm, $3 cover
June 25
Sadie Brooks &
the Ft. Smith Invasion
July 13
Miss Northeastern Oklahoma
USofA Pageant
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Sundays
Show Nite at the Star
with Fallon Scott
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Dallas Gay Comic
to Appear Junei 23
¯at Concessions
Paul J. Williams,"TheBest LittleHomo
in Texas" will perform his nationally
acclaimed stand-up comedy routine at
Concessions, 3340 S. Peoria on Friday,
June 23 at 10 pm. An openly Gay comic,
Williams has appeared at a number of
leading comedy dubs across the United
States.
Humor with a Southern flair, Texasbased
comic Williams has a strong
following for his hilarious views on
growing up in the South. Formerly with
the wildly successful comedy group, Less
Miserable, Paul has created his own show
oforiginal characters and stand-upcomedy
entitled The Best Little Homo in Texas.
Paul’s stand-up covers everything from
his being a "creative" child in .a
conservative Southern Baptist home to
his experiences as a single, Gay white
male. In between, Paul introduces you to
several different characters who are based
loosely on people he has known.
Concessions, The Perspective and
!nfemo Productions teamed up to bring
Williams toTulsaforOldahomaGayPride
Week. Tulsa Oklahomans for Human
Rights (TOHR) has been selected by the
producers to receive $1 of each ticket sold
as adonation to theTOHRfundto establish
a Gay and Lesbian Community Center.
Tickets are $5. Advance tickets are now
on sale at ConcesSions Nightclub, Budget
.Window Treatments,and Floral Design
Studios and from TOHR Members.
Tickets will also be on sale at the TOHR
booth at Tulsa’s Pride Picnic, June 18.
ARIES
March 21-April 20
If there are sensitive topics you’ve been
avoiding, now is the time to speak your
mind. Family relationships areparticnlarly
positive. Stand up for yourself on big
issues. Keep the peace flowing by letting
the little stuff go by.
TAURUS
April 20-May 21
You’re full ofenergy and, though you’re
working hardnow, you arebeing rewarded
for it too. People around you support your
efforts. !f you have been thinking about
taking a gamble, now is the time to begin
your venture.
GEMINI
May 21-June 22
You’ll have more money coming in
than usual this month, and cash flows out
just as fast. Partners can be a financial
drain. Help out; just don’t go overboard
with your generosity. Yes, your lover
really does understand you! Don’t fear the
commitment.
CANCER
June 22-July 23
Your present partner isn’t really there "
for you--probably because (s)he is going
through a personal crisis and needs the
help more .than you do. If you’re just
beginning a relationship, hold back.
There’s more baggage, than you need.
LEO
July 23-August 23
You’ve had some setbacks recently.
Though that phase is over, it’s lime to look
at the consequences of your actions and
make sense of it all. Don’t beat yourself
up; just decide where you to go from here.
VIRGO
August 23-September 23
You may be tempted to end a long
standing relationship, but it’s better to
talk it out. Your serious partnerships are
trying to shift to anew level; don’t chicken
out because it seems like too much work.
LIBRA
~1ou Sceapntemmabkeer 2g3r-eOatctsotbriedre2s3in your
career; but the gratification doesn’t come
fast enough. It may seem like you’re just
plodding along, but. the nose to the
grindstone approach is exactly what will
bring you to success.
SCORPIO
October.23-November 23
A project you completed some time
ago finally pays off--just when you had
almost given up hope. Spend some of the
coming, coming, coming
vicious, vicious, vicious
vicious, vicious;, vicious
vicious, vicious, vicious
s~n, soon, soon
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money on a vacation to a romantic locale,
preferably with a lover who shares your
exotic fantasies.
SAGI’I-rARIUS
Nov. 23-Dec. 22
Existing relationships heatup and your
parmer’s good financial fortune rubs off
on you.A new relationship can start now,
mostly based on physical magnetism.
Have fun, as long as you don’t let your
hormones talk. you into anything
permanent.
CAPRICORN
Dec. 22-January 21
The month begins with fatigue for you;
let yourself slack off a bit. You’ll get lots
of support when you express your needs
and your love for others verbally. By midmonth,
you’ll be highly energetic and
motivated by the success ofanew venture.
AQUARIUS
Jan. 21-February 20
It is critical that you maintain a positive
attitude. You’ve taken a lot of chances
lately butkeep the faith, and you’ll prevail.
Use your dreams to solve the problems
youreonseious mindcan’tseemto answer.
PISCES
February 20-March 21 .
You have been looking at a friend
through rose-colored glasses and they’re
not as reliable as you hoped~ Let’s face it,
you’ve been had. Though you’re not
usually the assertive type, it’s time to quit
playing doormat and stand upfor yourself.
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Norman SINCERE FRIENDSHIP:
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[1995] Tulsa Family News, June 15-July 14, 1995; Volume 2, Issue 7
Subject
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Politics, education, and social conversation toward Tulsa’s Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual communities.
Description
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Tulsa Family News was a monthly newspaper; No. 1 issued December 1993-January 1994. The final issue available was published in September 0f 2001 (Volume 8, Issue 9).
The newspaper brings up important, evolving topics of marriage, Pride, TOHR, HIV/AIDs, events, advice, and politics all at the local and national level.
This document is available in searchable PDF attached. It is also available to be seen at the Dennis R. Neill Equality Center with permission.
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Tulsa Family News
Publisher
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Tom Neal
Date
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June 15-July 14, 1995
Contributor
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James Christjohn
Kharma Amos
Laurie Cooper
Maureen Curtin
JD Jamett
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PDF
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English
Type
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newspaper
periodical
Coverage
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Tulsa---Oklahoma
Oklahoma---Tulsa
United States Oklahoma Tulsa
United States of America (50 states)
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Tom Neal/Tulsa Family News
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https://history.okeq.org/items/show/499
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Tulsa Family News, May 15-June 14, 1995; Volume 2, Issue 6
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https://history.okeq.org/collections/show/24
1995
aboution
adoption
African Americans
AIDS/HIV
AIDS/HIV research
AIDS/HIV testing
Amendment 2
American Library Association
Amnesty International
anti-bias law
anti-gay legislation
arts and entertainment
attorneys
Barry Hensley
Bars
Black and White Party
Buddhism
businesses
California AIDS Ride
censorship
churches
civil rights
Community Awards
custody
Dave Fleischer
Dennis Rodman
Domestic Partnership
Don't Ask Don't Tell
estate planning
Family Finances
Family of Faith National Conference Delegates
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Fight For Your Rights
Follies Revue
Friends in Unity Social Organization (FUSO)
fundraising
Gay Albania Society
Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
Gay Lesbian and Bisexual Book Awards
Grethe Cammermeyer
Hannah Solomon Award
hate speech
health
Hillary Clinton
homophobia
horoscopes
Human Rights Campaign Fund
International Conference of Gay and Lesbian Jews
International Mr. Leather
Larry Everett
Latinx
Leadership Lambda /conference
Leanne Gross
Lesbian Avengers
letters to the editor
Mark Vickers
marketing
marriage
medical malpractice
medical marijuana
military inclusion
Murder
National Center for Lesbian Rights
National Council of Jewish Women
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
needle exchange
Out Magazine
parade
Parents
Paul J. Williams
performing arts
personals
Phil Gramm
picnic
pornography
Pride
Pride Awards
Read All About It
religion
representation
restaurants
Ryan White care Act
Scott W. Alexander
sexual orientation discrimination
Soka Gakkai Internation Buddhist Association
sports
TOHR Reporter
Tom Neal
Transgender
Tulsa Family News
Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights
Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights (TOHR)
Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights HIV Testing
viatication
weddings